Literature Reviews
Reviewed research papers, articles, and publications relevant to digital accessibility.
7 results found tagged sensors.
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Design and Development of an Indoor Navigation and Object Identification System for the Blind
This paper presents a multi-sensor orientation assistant for blind users navigating unknown indoor environments. The system addresses three core problems identified by blind users: determining one's position, determining head direction and movement d…
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Low-Cost Accelerometry-Based Posture Monitoring System for Stroke Survivors
This paper from the University of California Santa Cruz reports a low-cost wearable posture monitoring system for stroke survivors, costing approximately $100 for the full prototype. Stroke patients are believed to benefit from maintaining good postu…
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ZigADL: An ADL Training System Enabling Teachers to Assist Children with Intellectual Disabilities
This poster paper presents ZigADL, a wireless sensor network system based on ZigBee technology designed to assist teachers in training children with severe intellectual disabilities to perform Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) independently. The syst…
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SpokeSense: Developing a Real-Time Sensing Platform for Wheelchair Sports
This paper presents SpokeSense, a wheel-mounted sensing platform designed to track and analyze wheelchair basketball performance in real time. While substantial work has gone into sensing and analytics for mainstream sports, wheelchair sports have re…
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Verification of Daily Activities of Older Adults: A Simple, Non-Intrusive, Low-Cost Approach
This paper presents a sensor-based approach to verifying whether older adults perform their daily activities at home, with the goal of supporting aging in place and informing caregiver decisions. The key conceptual distinction is between activity ver…
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An Exploratory Case Study to Support Young Children with Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA)
This demonstration paper presents a case study exploring input solutions for very young children with Type I Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA), the most severe form of a neurodegenerative disease that causes degeneration of spinal cord motor neurons, ske…
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Sense and Accessibility: Understanding People with Physical Disabilities' Experiences with Sensing Systems
This paper examines how sensing systems — the increasingly pervasive technologies that mediate our interactions with the digital and physical world — create accessibility barriers for people with physical disabilities. Through an online survey of 40 …