Literature Reviews

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

• Interviewing Blind Photographers: Design Insights for a Smartphone Application

  Dustin Adams, Tory Gallagher, Alexander Ambard, Sri Kurniawan (2013) — Proceedings of the 15th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS)

  This short paper reports on interviews with 11 people with limited to no vision who take digital photographs independently, investigating how they take, store, organize, and share their photos. While prior research had addressed camera aiming assista…

  • visual impairment
  • blindness
  • photography
  • photo sharing
  • smartphone applications
  • user research
  • image description

• What Health Topics Older Adults Want to Track: A Participatory Design Study

  Jennifer L. Davidson, Carlos Jensen (2013) — Proceedings of the 15th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (Assets '13)

  This paper presents a participatory design study investigating what health topics older adults (aged 65+) want to track using mobile health (mHealth) applications. The authors argue that most mHealth app developers fail to conduct needs assessments w…

  • older adults
  • aging
  • participatory design
  • mHealth
  • mobile accessibility
  • health technology
  • smartphone applications
  • aging in place
  • user-centered design
  • digital health