Literature Reviews

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

• The Information-Theoretic Analysis of Unimodal Interfaces and their Multimodal Counterparts

  Melanie Baljko (2005) — Proceedings of the 7th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (Assets '05)

  This paper applies Shannon Information Theory to formally analyse and quantify the hypothesised benefits of multimodal interfaces over unimodal ones, with particular focus on Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) devices such as Voice Outp…

  • multimodal interfaces
  • AAC
  • information theory
  • voice output communication aids
  • speech generating devices
  • interface evaluation
  • communication disorders

• Smart Rooms, Desks, and Clothes

  Alexander Pentland (1998) — Proceedings of the Third International ACM Conference on Assistive Technologies (Assets '98)

  This keynote address from Assets '98, delivered by Alexander Pentland of MIT's Media Laboratory, outlines a vision for transforming everyday objects — rooms, desks, clothing, cars, and eyeglasses — into intelligent, perceptive systems that actively a…

  • smart environments
  • wearable computing
  • perceptual computing
  • ambient intelligence
  • adaptive environments
  • multimodal interfaces
  • assistive technology