Literature Reviews

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

• Helping Older Adults Locate 'Lost' Cursors Using FieldMouse

  Nic Hollinworth (2010) — Proceedings of the 12th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS 2010)

  This short paper describes FieldMouse, a modified standard optical mouse augmented with a touch sensor (Quantum QT110) embedded in its top surface to detect when a user grasps the mouse after releasing it. The motivation addresses a common problem am…

  • aging
  • mouse cursor
  • pointing devices
  • input devices
  • assistive technology
  • low vision
  • human-computer interaction
  • older adults