Literature Reviews

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

• LineChaser: A Smartphone-Based Navigation System for Blind People to Stand in Lines

  Masaki Kuribayashi, Seita Kayukawa, Hironobu Takagi, Chieko Asakawa, Shigeo Morishima (2021) — Proceedings of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

  Standing in line is a mundane-looking task — at a cashier, bus stop, or airport check-in — but for a blind person it is a brittle, anxiety-ridden sequence: find where the line currently ends (a position that moves), join it without bumping into anyon…

  • line detection
  • pedestrian detection
  • orientation and mobility
  • visual impairment
  • indoor navigation
  • smartphone assistive technology
  • social distancing
  • vibration feedback
  • blind navigation
  • wayfinding

• Accessing Passersby Proxemic Signals through a Head-Worn Camera: Opportunities and Limitations for the Blind

  Kyungjun Lee, Daisuke Sato, Saki Asakawa, Chieko Asakawa, Hernisa Kacorri (2021) — Proceedings of the 23rd International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS '21)

  This paper explores the potential and limitations of using head-worn cameras with computer vision to help blind people access proxemic signals — the spatial behaviour of nearby people that sighted individuals perceive visually, such as someone's pres…

  • blind and low vision
  • proxemics
  • wearable camera
  • smart glasses
  • pedestrian detection
  • computer vision
  • social interaction
  • social distancing
  • assistive technology