Literature Reviews

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

• Collaborative AI Scaffolding for Structured Drawing in Dementia Care: A Feasibility Study

  Hui-Lien Huang, I-Ping Chen (2026) — Extended Abstracts of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA ’26)

  This CHI 2026 Extended Abstract reports a one-on-one feasibility study of a tablet-based AI drawing tool for older adults with dementia, conducted at a day-care centre in Taiwan. The system pairs a Google Gemini vision-language model (VLM) with Azure…

  • dementia
  • older adults
  • human-AI collaboration
  • human-in-the-loop
  • vision-language model
  • text-to-speech
  • art therapy
  • cognitive accessibility
  • feasibility study

• AI That Moves With You: A Review of Interactive Technologies Powered by Large Foundation Models for Mobility Impairment

  Duosi Dai, Yuchong Zhang, Yong Ma, Danica Kragic (2026) — Proceedings of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '26)

  This paper is a scoping review (PRISMA-ScR) of how large foundation models - LLMs, large vision models, and vision-language models - are being woven into interactive assistive technologies for people with mobility impairments, covering publications f…

  • foundation model
  • large language model
  • vision-language model
  • literature review
  • scoping review
  • mobility impairment
  • motor disability
  • blind and low vision
  • wheelchair users
  • ALS
  • assistive technology
  • conversational agent
  • robotics
  • wearable technology
  • accessibility research

• GuideMe: A VLM-Based System Assisting Independent Smartphone Learning for Older Adults

  Kairong Fang, Jiesi Zhang, Shi-Ting Ni, Pan Hui, Yuyang Wang (2026) — Proceedings of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '26)

  GuideMe tackles a problem familiar to anyone who has watched an older relative struggle to learn a new smartphone app: the combined weight of declining vision, memory, and motor function plus unfamiliar terminology makes independent learning extremel…

  • older adults
  • aging
  • cognitive accessibility
  • vision-language model
  • conversational agent
  • independent learning
  • smartphone accessibility
  • in-situ guidance
  • mobile accessibility
  • assistive technology
  • intent articulation
  • clarifying questions

• VizXpress: Towards Expressive Visual Content by Blind Creators Through AI Support

  Lotus Zhang, Zhuohao (Jerry) Zhang, Gina Clepper, Franklin Mingzhe Li, Patrick Carrington, Jacob O. Wobbrock, Leah Findlater (2025) — ASSETS 2025: 27th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

  This paper investigates how blind individuals engage with and desire to create expressive visual content — moving beyond the functional accessibility tasks (like privacy preservation or layout correction) that prior research has focused on. The autho…

  • blindness
  • visual expression
  • creativity support
  • AI accessibility
  • image editing
  • vision-language model
  • screen reader
  • aesthetic feedback
  • design probe
  • generative AI