Literature Reviews

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

• MGuider: Mobile Guiding and Tracking System in Public Transit System for Individuals with Cognitive Impairments

  Wei-Hsun Chen (2009) — Proceedings of the 11th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (Assets '09)

  This paper presents MGuider, a mobile guiding and tracking system designed to help individuals with cognitive impairments navigate public transit systems independently. Developed in collaboration with NGOs running supported employment programs in Tai…

  • cognitive accessibility
  • wayfinding
  • mobile technology
  • public transit
  • assistive technology
  • supported employment
  • location-based services

• Assessment of Semantic Taxonomies for Blind Indoor Navigation Based on a Shopping Center Use Case

  J. Eduardo Pérez, Myriam Arrue, Masatomo Kobayashi, Hironobu Takagi, Chieko Asakawa (2017) — Proceedings of the 14th International Web for All Conference (W4A)

  This paper investigates what environmental information is needed to support effective indoor navigation for visually impaired people, and whether existing geographic data specifications provide adequate semantic vocabularies for this purpose. The res…

  • indoor navigation
  • blindness
  • wayfinding
  • location-based services
  • semantic taxonomy
  • assistive technology
  • audio navigation