Literature Reviews

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

• Tactile Working Memory Capacity of Users Who Are Blind in an Electronic Travel Aid Application with a Vibration Belt

  Jan B. F. van Erp, Katja I. Paul, Tina Mioch (2020) — ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing

  This paper investigates the tactile working memory capacity of users who are blind when using a vibrotactile belt for electronic travel aid (ETA) applications. ETAs that display obstacle information through vibration belts require users to integrate …

  • electronic travel aids
  • vibrotactile feedback
  • working memory
  • tactile displays
  • navigation
  • blind users
  • wearable technology
  • cognitive load

• shapeCAD: An Accessible 3D Modelling Workflow for the Blind and Visually-Impaired Via 2.5D Shape Displays

  Alexa F. Siu, Son Kim, Joshua A. Miele, Sean Follmer (2019) — Proceedings of the 21st International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS 2019)

  This paper presents shapeCAD, an accessible 3D modelling workflow that enables people who are blind or visually impaired (BVI) to author, explore, and modify 3D models using a combination of declarative programming (OpenSCAD scripts) and a 2.5D tacti…

  • 3D printing
  • blind
  • low vision
  • tactile displays
  • haptic technology
  • accessible authoring
  • maker movement
  • CAD
  • shape display
  • participatory design
  • STEM accessibility