Literature Reviews
Reviewed research papers, articles, and publications relevant to digital accessibility.
5 results found tagged symbol communication.
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Steering Generative Models for Accessibility: EasyRead Image Generation
Dickenmann and colleagues (ETH Zurich and UNICEF Digital Impact Division) present the first open-source pipeline for generating Easy Read-style pictograms using a fine-tuned diffusion model. Easy Read pairs short sentences with simple, high-contrast …
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A Predictive Blissymbolic to English Translation System
This paper addresses a fundamental limitation of Blissymbolics in electronic AAC: while Blissymbol users can compose messages by selecting symbols, converting those symbol sequences into grammatically correct English is non-trivial. Blissymbolics is …
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A New Generation of Communication Aids under the ULYSSES Component-Based Framework
This paper from the University of Athens introduces ULYSSES, a component-based software framework for building customisable AAC (Augmentative and Alternative Communication) devices. The core problem ULYSSES addresses is that AAC users have highly div…
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ITHACA: An Open Source Framework for Building Component-Based Augmentative and Alternative Communication Applications
This paper introduces ITHACA, an open source software framework for developing modular, customizable AAC applications. The authors address a persistent problem in assistive technology: AAC products are typically expensive, monolithic, difficult to cu…
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A Web Based Multi-Linguists Symbol-to-Text AAC Application
This paper presents Symbol Dragoman, a web-based augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) application that enables users who have no spoken language to communicate in both Arabic and English using pictographic symbols. The core problem addres…