Literature Reviews

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

• A Sound Understanding — An In-Situ Deployment of an Accessible Audio-Media Player with People Living with Aphasia

  Filip Bircanin, Alexandre Nevsky, Madeline N Cruice, Ognjen Markovic, Timothy Neate (2026) — Proceedings of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '26)

  Bircanin and colleagues argue that audio-only media — radio, podcasts, audiobooks — has been largely ignored in accessibility research and practice, even though it structures the daily lives of millions and is a significant barrier for people living …

  • aphasia
  • audio accessibility
  • podcasts
  • audiobooks
  • complex communication needs
  • in-situ deployment
  • research through design
  • generative AI
  • transcripts
  • co-design

• A11yExtensions: Accessibility Extensions to Augment Mobile AI Assistive Technology In-Situ

  Jaylin Herskovitz, Ellie Seehorn, Ather Jammoa, Jason Meddaugh, Anhong Guo (2026) — Proceedings of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '26)

  A11yExtensions introduces the concept of in-situ extensions for mobile AI assistive technology — add-on services that augment existing deployed applications like Seeing AI, Be My AI, and Lookout with additional features, without modifying or replacin…

  • blind and low vision
  • mobile accessibility
  • AI assistive technology
  • co-design
  • automation
  • in-situ
  • camera aiming
  • AI verification
  • iOS
  • research through design