Literature Reviews

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

• ICU-Talk, A Communication Aid for Intubated Intensive Care Patients

  F. MacAulay, A. Judson, M. Etchels, S. Ashraf, I. W. Ricketts, A. Waller, J. K. Brodie, N. Alm, A. Warden, A. J. Shearer, B. Gordon (2002) — Proceedings of the Fifth International ACM Conference on Assistive Technologies (Assets 02)

  This paper describes ICU-Talk, a computer-based communication aid developed specifically for intubated patients in hospital intensive care units (ICUs) who are temporarily unable to speak due to breathing tubes inserted through their mouth or throat.…

  • augmentative and alternative communication
  • AAC
  • intensive care
  • intubation
  • hospital communication
  • touch screen
  • switch access
  • patient communication

• Laser pointers and a touch screen: intuitive interfaces for autonomous mobile manipulation for the motor impaired

  Young Sang Choi, Cressel D. Anderson, Jonathan D. Glass, Charles C. Kemp (2008) — Proceedings of the 10th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (Assets '08)

  This paper presents El-E ("Ellie"), a prototype assistive mobile robot designed to help people with severe motor impairments retrieve everyday objects from the floor. The robot features a vertical lift with a 5-degree-of-freedom manipulator arm, ster…

  • assistive robotics
  • motor impairment
  • amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
  • human-robot interaction
  • laser pointer interface
  • touch screen
  • mobile manipulation
  • object retrieval

• PassChords: Secure Multi-Touch Authentication for Blind People

  Shiri Azenkot, Kyle Rector, Richard Ladner, Jacob Wobbrock (2012) — Proceedings of the 14th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS 2012)

  This paper presents PassChords, a non-visual multi-touch authentication method for blind mobile device users that is resistant to both aural and visual eavesdropping. The research begins with interviews of 13 blind smartphone users (average age 51, r…

  • accessible authentication
  • blind users
  • mobile security
  • touch screen
  • VoiceOver
  • eavesdropping
  • privacy
  • screen reader
  • iPhone
  • multi-touch

• SymbolPath: A Continuous Motion Overlay Module for Icon-Based Assistive Communication

  Karl Wiegand, Rupal Patel (2012) — Proceedings of the 14th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS 2012)

  This demonstration paper introduces SymbolPath, an overlay module designed to improve the speed and ease of message formulation in icon-based augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) systems. Traditional icon-based AAC devices require users t…

  • augmentative and alternative communication
  • AAC
  • motor impairment
  • speech impairment
  • icon-based communication
  • continuous motion input
  • text-to-speech
  • natural language processing
  • touch screen

• "I just thought it was me": How Smartphones Fail Users with Mild-to-Moderate Dexterity Differences

  Molly Bowman, Jerry Robinson, Erin Buehler, Shaun Kane (2023) — Proceedings of the 25th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS 2023)

  This paper examines the smartphone experiences of people with mild-to-moderate dexterity (MMD) challenges — a population largely overlooked by accessibility research that tends to focus on more severe motor disabilities requiring specialized assistiv…

  • motor disability
  • dexterity
  • mobile accessibility
  • smartphones
  • touch screen
  • disability identity
  • assistive technology abandonment
  • qualitative research