Literature Reviews

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

• A communication tool for people with disabilities: lexical semantics for filling in the pieces

  Kathleen F. McCoy, Patrick W. Demasco, Mark A. Jones, Christopher A. Pennington, Peter B. Vanderheyden, Wendy M. Zickus (1994) — Proceedings of the First Annual ACM Conference on Assistive Technologies (Assets '94)

  This paper presents a prototype communication tool designed to reduce the input burden for people with severe speech and motor impairments (SSMI) who use word-based augmentative communication systems. The core problem addressed is that even with word…

  • augmentative and alternative communication
  • natural language processing
  • lexical semantics
  • text generation
  • motor impairment
  • speech impairment
  • keystroke reduction

• LaMPost: Design and Evaluation of an AI-assisted Email Writing Prototype for Adults with Dyslexia

  Steven M. Goodman, Erin Buehler, Patrick Clary, Andy Coenen, Aaron Donsbach, Tiffanie N. Horne, Michal Lahav, Robert MacDonald, Rain Breaw Michaels, Ajit Narayanan, Mahima Pushkarna, Joel Riley, Alex Santana, Lei Shi, Rachel Sweeney, Phil Weaver, Ann Yuan, Meredith Ringel Morris (2022) — Proceedings of the 24th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS '22)

  This paper introduces LaMPost, a prototype email-writing interface powered by Google's LaMDA large language model, designed to support adults with dyslexia through AI-assisted writing features. The research team, which included members with lived exp…

  • dyslexia
  • large language models
  • AI writing support
  • email
  • writing challenges
  • human-AI interaction
  • neurodiversity
  • text generation
  • accessibility tools

• Azimuth: Designing Accessible Dashboards for Screen Reader Users

  Srinivasan, Arjun, Harshbarger, Tim, Hilliker, Darrell, Mankoff, Jennifer (2023) — Proceedings of the 25th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS)

  This paper presents Azimuth, a prototype system that converts JSON-based dashboard specifications into web-based dashboards optimized for screen reader navigation, accompanied by automatically generated textual descriptions to support comprehension a…

  • data visualization
  • screen readers
  • dashboards
  • blind and low vision
  • co-design
  • text generation
  • accessible navigation
  • data analysis