Literature Reviews

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

• Traveling More Independently: A Study on the Diverse Needs and Challenges of People with Visual or Mobility Impairments in Unfamiliar Indoor Environments

  Karin Müller, Christin Engel, Claudia Loitsch, Rainer Stiefelhagen, Gerhard Weber (2022) — ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing

  This comprehensive survey study examines how people with visual impairments (blindness or low vision) and mobility impairments plan and execute trips to unfamiliar indoor environments. The researchers surveyed 125 participants—60 blind, 39 with low v…

  • indoor navigation
  • wayfinding
  • visual impairment
  • mobility impairment
  • indoor maps
  • trip planning
  • orientation

• AccessMap Website Demonstration: Individualized, Accessible Pedestrian Trip Planning at Scale

  Nicholas Bolten, Anat Caspi (2019) — Proceedings of the 21st International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS)

  This demonstration paper presents AccessMap, an open-source, city-scale interactive web map that provides individualized pedestrian infrastructure information and automatic trip planning for people with diverse mobility needs. The core problem is tha…

  • accessible mapping
  • pedestrian accessibility
  • mobility impairment
  • wheelchair accessibility
  • wayfinding
  • open data
  • personalization
  • trip planning
  • built environment accessibility
  • open source