Literature Reviews

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

• Comparison of Reading Accuracy between Tactile Pie Charts and Tactile Band Charts

  Kosuke Araki, Tetsuya Watanabe (2013) — Proceedings of the 15th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (Assets '13)

  This short paper compares the accuracy and efficiency of reading tactile pie charts versus tactile band charts for determining proportional data through touch. The authors are developing software that automatically generates tactile charts from CSV d…

  • tactile graphics
  • data visualization
  • blind users
  • braille
  • pie charts
  • band charts
  • tactile perception
  • accessible graphics
  • education

• Designing Interactions for 3D Printed Models with Blind People

  Lei Shi, Yuhang Zhao, Shiri Azenkot (2017) — Proceedings of the 19th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS '17)

  This paper investigates how blind people explore 3D printed models and what interaction techniques they prefer for interactive 3D printed models (I3Ms) — physical models augmented with sensors that provide audio descriptions when touched. While 3D pr…

  • 3D printing
  • blindness
  • tactile perception
  • interaction design
  • participatory design
  • haptic technology
  • elicitation study
  • assistive technology

• Refreshable Braille Oral Appliance

  M. A. Naomi Jobrack (2015) — Proceedings of the 12th International Web for All Conference (W4A)

  This paper presents preliminary research toward developing a Refreshable Braille Oral Appliance (RBOA) — a refreshable Braille display embedded in an oral retainer that would allow users to read Braille with their tongue. The envisioned device connec…

  • braille
  • haptics
  • refreshable display
  • deaf accessibility
  • assistive technology
  • tactile perception
  • sensory substitution
  • oral appliance