Literature Reviews
Reviewed research papers, articles, and publications relevant to digital accessibility.
8 results found tagged magnification.
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Note-Taker 2.0: The Next Step Toward Enabling Students who are Legally Blind to Take Notes in Class
This paper describes the iterative design and usability testing of the Note-Taker, a portable assistive device that enables students who are legally blind to take notes during classroom lectures. The core problem is that note-taking requires rapidly …
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Multi-View Platform: An Accessible Live Classroom Viewing Approach for Low Vision Students
This paper presents a Multi-View Platform (MVP) that uses students' personal smartphones and tablets to provide low vision and deaf students with flexible, magnified views of classroom lecture visuals such as presentation slides and whiteboards. The …
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Making the Web Easier to See with Opportunistic Accessibility Improvement
This paper introduces the concept of "opportunistic accessibility improvement" — the idea that accessibility enhancements like magnification should be automatically applied to the maximum extent possible without causing negative side effects. The aut…
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ForeSee: A Customizable Head-Mounted Vision Enhancement System for People with Low Vision
This paper presents ForeSee, a video see-through augmented reality system that enhances the visual experience for people with low vision. Unlike assistive technologies that bypass vision entirely (like screen readers), ForeSee leverages users' remain…
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Design of an Augmented Reality Magnification Aid for Low Vision Users
This paper explores the design space for augmented reality magnification aids for people with low vision, developing and iteratively refining two prototype systems using the Microsoft HoloLens. Unlike existing head-mounted displays that simply magnif…
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VeasyGuide: Personalized Visual Guidance for Low-vision Learners on Instructor Actions in Presentation Videos
This paper introduces VeasyGuide, a tool designed to make presentation videos more accessible for low-vision (LV) learners by automatically detecting and highlighting instructor actions such as pointing, marking, and sketching. The authors identify a…
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Designing and Evaluating a Customizable Head-mounted Vision Enhancement System for People with Low Vision
This paper presents ForeSee, a customizable head-mounted display (HMD) system that enhances the visual experience of people with low vision using real-time image processing techniques. The system offers five enhancement methods — magnification, contr…
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Understanding Low Vision Graphical Perception of Bar Charts
This paper investigates how low-vision users who rely on screen magnifiers perceive and interact with bar charts, addressing a significant gap in data visualization accessibility research. While studies on chart perception have extensively examined s…