Literature Reviews

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

• The Flote: An Instrument for People with Limited Mobility

  Amal Dar Aziz, Chris Warren, Hayden Bursk, Sean Follmer (2008) — Proceedings of the 10th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (Assets '08)

  This paper introduces the Flote, a digital wind instrument designed to enable people with limited mobility to play music using only head movement and breath control. Developed at Stanford University through a collaboration between computer science an…

  • music accessibility
  • adaptive musical instrument
  • limited mobility
  • head tracking
  • breath control
  • assistive technology
  • creative expression
  • physical therapy
  • DIY assistive technology

• Nearmi: A Framework for Designing Point of Interest Techniques for VR Users with Limited Mobility

  Rachel Franz, Samantha Hornback, Diva Jayasinghe, Jolie Auricchio, John Porter III, John Googleddy, Kristen Shinohara (2021) — ASSETS '21: The 23rd International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

  Virtual reality presents significant accessibility barriers for people with limited mobility, yet relatively little research has addressed how to make VR navigation and exploration usable for this population. Franz et al. introduce Nearmi, a design f…

  • virtual reality
  • VR accessibility
  • limited mobility
  • motor impairments
  • point of interest
  • interaction design
  • customization
  • assistive technology