Literature Reviews

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

• Exploring AI Opportunities in Deaf Education: Understanding Design Needs Through Teacher and Parent Perspectives in Bangladesh

  Md. Ataur Rahman Bhuiyan, Nadim Mahmud Dipu, Tanvir Rahman, Oindri Aurunima Sarker, Shidhartha Chakrabarty Turzo, Jannatun Noor (2026) — Proceedings of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '26)

  This CHI 2026 qualitative study investigates how AI-powered educational tools should be designed for Deaf learners in Bangladesh — a low-resource context where Bangla Sign Language (BdSL) is still evolving, datasets are small, and infrastructure (int…

  • deaf education
  • sign language
  • Bangla Sign Language
  • BdSL
  • artificial intelligence
  • large language models
  • accessibility
  • co-design
  • Global South
  • educational technology
  • low-resource setting
  • Bangladesh
  • qualitative research
  • disability justice

• Exploring the Usability of Gaze-based Mobile Communication in Ghana

  Victoria Austin, Gifty Ayoka, Giulia Barbareschi, Richard Cave, Catherine Holloway (2025) — ASSETS 2025: 27th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

  This study evaluates the usability of Look to Speak, a free Android-based eye-gaze AAC application developed by Google Creative Lab, for people with severe communication disabilities in Ghana. The research involved training 10 local speech and langua…

  • augmentative communication
  • AAC
  • eye gaze
  • Global South
  • Ghana
  • smartphone accessibility
  • cerebral palsy
  • communication disability
  • assistive technology ecosystem
  • low-resource setting