Literature Reviews

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

• Analysis of Speech Properties of Neurotypicals and Individuals Diagnosed with Autism and Down Syndrome

  Mohammed E. Hoque (2008) — Proceedings of the 10th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (Assets '08)

  This MIT Media Lab study systematically compares speech properties across three groups — neurotypicals (NT), individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), and individuals with Down syndrome (DS) — using 100 minutes of audio data from 10 natural on…

  • speech processing
  • autism
  • Down syndrome
  • speech production
  • prosody
  • assistive technology
  • affective computing
  • speech analysis

• Toward Effective Communication of AI-Based Decisions in Assistive Tools: Conveying Confidence and Doubt to People with Visual Impairments at Accelerated Speech

  Taslima Akter, Manohar Swaminathan, Apu Kapadia (2024) — Proceedings of the 21st International Web for All Conference (W4A)

  This paper investigates how people with visual impairments (PVIs) perceive confidence and doubt in speakers' voices when audio is played at accelerated speeds — a critical question because AI-based assistive tools (scene descriptors, facial recogniti…

  • visual impairments
  • artificial intelligence
  • speech processing
  • screen readers
  • assistive technology
  • explainable AI
  • accelerated speech
  • trust