Literature Reviews

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

• A Wearable Input Mechanism for Blind Users of Computers Based on Mental Mapping of Thumb-To-Phalanx Distances

  Yash Naik (2019) — Proceedings of the 21st International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS 2019)

  This student research abstract presents Mentalitype, a glove-based wearable keyboard designed to provide blind users with an affordable and portable text input mechanism for computer-based tasks. The system maps 32 push-buttons to the phalanges (fing…

  • blindness
  • wearable technology
  • text input
  • assistive technology
  • alternative keyboards
  • haptic feedback