Literature Reviews

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

• A Conversational Interface to Web Automation

  Tessa Lau, Julian Cerruti, Guillermo Manzato, Mateo Bengualid, Jeffrey P. Bigham, Jeffrey Nichols (2010) — UIST '10: Proceedings of the 23rd Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology

  This paper presents CoCo (CoScripter Concierge), a system that automates web tasks on a user's behalf through short textual commands delivered via low-bandwidth channels such as Twitter, SMS, email, or a command line. Given a natural language command…

  • web automation
  • conversational interfaces
  • natural language
  • intelligent assistants
  • programming by demonstration
  • task automation

• Sidewalk, A Wayfinding Message Syntax for People with a Visual Impairment

  Joey van der Bie, Christina Jaschinski, Somaya Ben Allouch (2019) — Proceedings of the 21st International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS 2019)

  This poster paper introduces Sidewalk, a structured wayfinding message syntax designed to improve navigation instructions for people with visual impairments (PVI) using mobile applications. The authors argue that traditional turn-by-turn navigation a…

  • visual impairment
  • wayfinding
  • navigation
  • natural language
  • mobile accessibility
  • spoken messages
  • urban navigation