Literature Reviews

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

• Interactive Tactile Display System: A Support System for the Visually Disabled to Recognize 3D Objects

  Yoshihiro Kawai, Fumiaki Tomita (1996) — Proceedings of the Second Annual ACM Conference on Assistive Technologies (Assets '96)

  This paper from the Electrotechnical Laboratory in Tsukuba, Japan describes an interactive tactile display system that combines stereo computer vision with a pin-based tactile display and voice synthesis to help blind users recognize three-dimensiona…

  • blindness and low vision
  • tactile display
  • stereo vision
  • computer vision
  • 3D object recognition
  • haptic technology
  • assistive technology
  • refreshable display

• Refreshable Braille Oral Appliance

  M. A. Naomi Jobrack (2015) — Proceedings of the 12th International Web for All Conference (W4A)

  This paper presents preliminary research toward developing a Refreshable Braille Oral Appliance (RBOA) — a refreshable Braille display embedded in an oral retainer that would allow users to read Braille with their tongue. The envisioned device connec…

  • braille
  • haptics
  • refreshable display
  • deaf accessibility
  • assistive technology
  • tactile perception
  • sensory substitution
  • oral appliance