Literature Reviews
Reviewed research papers, articles, and publications relevant to digital accessibility.
119 results found tagged low vision.
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Investigating the Role of Agentic AI in Facilitating Travel Planning for People with Low Vision
This CHI 2026 Extended Abstract examines a stage of accessible travel that most assistive-technology research has overlooked: the pre-trip planning work people with low vision (PLV) do before ever leaving the house. The authors argue that most existi…
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Toward Independent Online Shopping of the Visually Impaired Through Voice-based Computer-Using Agent
This CHI 2026 paper investigates how visually impaired users might shop online independently by interacting with a voice-based Computer-Using Agent (CUA) — an AI agent built on a Large Multimodal Model (LMM) that can perceive a screen, reason about i…
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Not Seeing the Whole Picture: Challenges and Opportunities in Using AI for Co-Making Physical, DIY-AT for People with Visual Impairments
This CHI 2026 paper explores whether an LLM-based conversational agent can act as a co-making partner — not just a visual aid — when people with visual impairments (PVI) build their own physical assistive technology. The authors extended their prior …
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Improving Low-Vision Chart Accessibility via On-Cursor Visual Context
Charts remain largely inaccessible to Low-Vision Individuals (LVI) because reading them requires holding both fine-grained data details and the broader visual context — axes, legend, grid lines, overview — in view at the same time, a task that magnif…
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Evaluation of Onscreen Precompensation Algorithms for Computer Users with Visual Aberrations
This paper from Florida International University and Georgia Institute of Technology presents the results of human subject testing of precompensation algorithms designed to improve onscreen image quality for computer users with visual aberrations. Th…
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Usability and Accessibility Issues in the Localization of Assistive Technology
This doctoral consortium paper from Virginia Polytechnic Institute examines the usability and accessibility challenges that arise when assistive technology software designed in one country is localized for users with disabilities in another. The rese…
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A Multi-domain Approach for Enhancing Text Display for Users with Visual Aberrations
This paper from Florida International University and Georgia Institute of Technology presents an algorithm for enhancing text displayed on computer screens for users with high-order visual aberrations such as keratoconus — conditions that cannot be f…
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Verification of Computer Display Pre-compensation for Visual Aberrations in an Artificial Eye
This paper presents experimental verification that computer display images can be pre-compensated to counteract the visual aberrations present in an optical system, specifically tested using a constructed artificial eye. The research builds on earlie…
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Strategic Design for Users with Diabetic Retinopathy: Factors Influencing Performance in a Menu-Selection Task
This paper examines how interface design features affect menu selection performance for users with Diabetic Retinopathy (DR), a progressive eye condition affecting 40-45% of the approximately 18 million Americans with diabetes. The study involved 25 …
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Image Pre-Compensation to Facilitate Computer Access for Users with Refractive Errors
This paper presents a novel approach to improving computer access for people with refractive visual errors by pre-compensating displayed images using knowledge of the user's specific optical aberration. The core insight is that the human eye can be m…