Literature Reviews

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

3 results found tagged user agency.

NoTeeline: Supporting Real-Time, Personalized Notetaking with LLM-Enhanced Micronotes

Faria Huq, Abdus Samee, David Chuan-En Lin, Alice Xiaodi Tang, Jeffrey P. Bigham (2025) — Proceedings of the 30th International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (IUI '25)

This paper introduces NoTeeline, an interactive notetaking tool that uses LLMs to expand user-written "micronotes" — brief shorthand jottings like "plastic pol. ->" or "RNNs are unrolled l to r or opp" — into full-fledged notes that maintain the user…
Morae: Proactively Pausing UI Agents for User Choices

Yi-Hao Peng, Dingzeyu Li, Jeffrey P. Bigham, Amy Pavel (2025) — Proceedings of the 38th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST '25)

This paper introduces Morae, a UI agent that proactively pauses during automated task execution to involve blind and low-vision (BLV) users in critical decisions, rather than completing tasks end-to-end without user input. The work is motivated by a …
Increasing Agency of Screen-Reader Users in Consuming Information From Online Data Visualizations

Ather Sharif, Andrew Zhang, Jacob Wobbrock (2025) — Proceedings of the 22nd International Web for All Conference (W4A)

This paper addresses a fundamental equity problem in data visualization accessibility: screen-reader users are limited to consuming only the information that visualization creators choose to provide, with no agency to customize what they hear. Prior …