Literature Reviews

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

• Human Diversity and the Choice of Interface: A Design Challenge

  Starr Roxanne Hiltz, Murray Turoff (1981) — Proceedings of the Joint Conference on Easier and More Productive Use of Computer Systems (CHI '81), Part II: Human Interface and the User Interface

  Hiltz and Turoff report findings from a multi-year National Science Foundation-funded field trial of the Electronic Information Exchange System (EIES), a pioneering computer-mediated communication platform built at the New Jersey Institute of Technol…

  • user interface
  • computer-mediated communication
  • adaptive interface
  • personalization
  • novice vs expert
  • user support
  • historical
  • interface design
  • human diversity

• A Web Accessibility Service: Update and Findings

  Vicki L. Hanson, John T. Richards (2004) — Proceedings of the 6th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (Assets 04)

  This paper reports on the evolution of IBM's Web Accessibility Service from a proxy server prototype (presented at Assets 2002) to a client-side architecture that transforms web pages on the fly to meet the needs of older adults and people with disab…

  • web accessibility
  • web adaptation
  • aging
  • assistive technology
  • personalization
  • content adaptation
  • browser accessibility
  • user interface
  • web transcoding

• UIClip: A Data-driven Model for Assessing User Interface Design

  Jason Wu, Yi-Hao Peng, Xin Yue Amanda Li, Amanda Swearngin, Jeffrey P. Bigham, Jeffrey Nichols (2024) — Proceedings of the 37th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST '24)

  This paper introduces UIClip, a computational model that automatically assesses UI design quality and visual relevance from a screenshot and natural language description. Built on OpenAI's CLIP B/32 architecture (151 million parameters), UIClip is fi…

  • UI design
  • machine learning
  • design quality assessment
  • computer vision
  • CLIP
  • visual design
  • design tools
  • user interface
  • automated evaluation

• Adaptable maps for people with autism

  Claudia De Los Rios Perez, David A. McMeekin, Marita Falkmer, Tele Tan (2018) — Proceedings of the 15th International Web for All Conference (W4A 2018)

  This demonstration paper presents a web application that adapts digital maps for people with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), addressing the fact that mainstream map services like Google Maps are not designed with the needs, limitations, and capabilit…

  • autism
  • maps
  • user interface
  • personalization
  • navigation
  • cognitive accessibility
  • web accessibility
  • transport
  • sensory processing

• Supporting Older Adults in Using Complex User Interfaces with Augmented Reality

  Junhan Kong, Anhong Guo, Jeffrey P. Bigham (2019) — Proceedings of the 21st International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS)

  This demonstration paper presents an augmented reality system that provides step-by-step visual guidance to help older adults navigate complex user interfaces. The core problem is that older adults frequently struggle with complex digital interfaces …

  • older adults
  • aging
  • augmented reality
  • cognitive support
  • user interface
  • tutorial systems
  • computer vision
  • step-by-step guidance
  • digital literacy
  • assistive technology