Literature Reviews

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

• Toward Accessible Technology for Music Composers and Producers with Motor Disabilities

  Adam J. Sporka, Ben L. Carson, Paul Nauert, Sri H. Kurniawan (2013) — Proceedings of the 15th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS)

  This short paper reports on an initial user study with three motor-impaired musicians to identify challenges and research opportunities in making professional music software accessible. Modern music score-writing tools (Sibelius, Finale) and producti…

  • music accessibility
  • motor impairment
  • music composition
  • music production
  • assistive technology
  • adaptive instruments
  • user study

• Vibration Or Voice? Enhancing EQ Information Accessibility for Blind Music Producers with Haptics

  Christina Karpodini, Tychonas Michailidis, Chris Creed, Tony Stockman, Ian Williams (2025) — ASSETS 2025: 27th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

  This paper investigates the use of vibrotactile feedback patterns (Tactons) as an alternative to screen readers for conveying equaliser (EQ) audio effect settings to blind and visually impaired (BVI) music producers working in Digital Audio Workstati…

  • blind and visually impaired
  • music production
  • haptic feedback
  • vibrotactile feedback
  • screen reader
  • digital audio workstation
  • tactons
  • accessible music technology