Literature Reviews

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

• Investigating Grid-Based Navigation: The Impact of Physical Disability

  Shaojian Zhu, Jinjuan Feng, Andrew Sears (2010) — ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing

  This paper investigates enhancements to grid-based navigation, a speech-controlled cursor technique designed for people who cannot use traditional keyboard and mouse input due to upper-body motor disabilities. Grid-based navigation works by recursive…

  • motor disabilities
  • speech recognition
  • cursor control
  • target selection
  • alternative input
  • aging

• Effects of Aging on Small Target Selection with Touch Input

  Afroza Sultana, Karyn Moffatt (2019) — ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing

  This study provides a detailed analysis of age-related touch selection errors on small touchscreen devices, extending prior work on mouse and pen interaction to finger touch input. Twenty older adults (ages 67-81, M=73.3) and sixteen younger adults (…

  • older adults
  • aging
  • touchscreen
  • mobile accessibility
  • target selection
  • Fitts Law
  • motor control
  • error analysis