Literature Reviews

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

• Accuracy and Frequency Analysis of MultiTouch Interfaces for Individuals with Parkinsonian and Essential Hand Tremor

  Eric J. Frett, Kenneth E. Barner (2005) — Proceedings of the 7th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (Assets '05)

  This 2005 study from the University of Delaware compares four computer pointing devices — an optical mouse, optical trackball, isotonic joystick, and a FingerWorks MultiTouch Surface (MTS) — for users with Parkinsonian tremor and essential tremor. Th…

  • motor accessibility
  • input devices
  • Parkinson's disease
  • essential tremor
  • multitouch
  • pointing devices
  • tremor suppression
  • Fitts' law
  • human-computer interaction