Literature Reviews

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

3 results found tagged non-visual interface.

Task Analysis for Sonification Applications Usability Evaluation

Ag Asri Ag Ibrahim (2006) — Proceedings of the 8th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (Assets '06)

This poster paper from University Malaysia Sabah and the University of York proposes a task analysis framework for evaluating the usability of sonification applications — software that transforms data into sound representations. The author argues tha…
Tapulator: A Non-Visual Calculator Using Natural Prefix-Free Codes

Vaspol Ruamviboonsuk, Shiri Azenkot, Richard E. Ladner (2012) — Proceedings of the 14th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS 2012)

This demonstration paper presents the Tapulator, a non-visual calculator for smartphones that replaces traditional on-screen buttons with a simple gesture-based numeric entry system using multi-finger taps and swipes. The core innovation is a natural…
Automatic impact sound generation for using in nonvisual interfaces

A. Darvishi, E. Munteanu, V. Guggiana, H. Schauer, M. Motavalli, M. Rauterberg (1994) — Proceedings of the First Annual ACM Conference on Assistive Technologies (Assets '94)

This paper describes a joint research project between the University of Zurich and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) aimed at developing an audio framework for non-visual interfaces based on physically modeled impact sounds. Rather than…