Literature Reviews

Reviewed research papers, articles, and publications relevant to digital accessibility.

3 results found tagged icon-based communication.

Speaking Through Pictures: Images vs. Icons

Xiaojuan Ma, Jordan Boyd-Graber, Sonya Nikolova, Perry R. Cook (2009) — Proceedings of the 11th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (Assets '09)

This paper investigates whether freely available web images can serve as effective substitutes for professionally designed icons in assistive communication systems for people with aphasia. Existing icon-based systems like Lingraphica and C-VIC (Compu…
SymbolPath: A Continuous Motion Overlay Module for Icon-Based Assistive Communication

Karl Wiegand, Rupal Patel (2012) — Proceedings of the 14th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS 2012)

This demonstration paper introduces SymbolPath, an overlay module designed to improve the speed and ease of message formulation in icon-based augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) systems. Traditional icon-based AAC devices require users t…
Intelligent Assistive Communication and the Web as a Social Medium

Karl Wiegand (2014) — Proceedings of the 11th Web for All Conference (W4A)

This short paper presents doctoral research on applying natural language processing (NLP) and machine learning to improve augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) systems, with a particular focus on enabling web-based social interaction for p…