Literature Reviews
Reviewed research papers, articles, and publications relevant to digital accessibility.
10 results found tagged visual attention.
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Multiple View Perspectives: Improving Inclusiveness and Video Compression in Mainstream Classroom Recordings
This paper presents Multiple View Perspectives (MVP), a system that captures and presents multiple focused video views of a classroom for deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) students. DHH students in mainstream classrooms face a fundamental visual attenti…
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ClassInFocus: Enabling Improved Visual Attention Strategies for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students
This paper presents ClassInFocus, a system designed to help deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) students manage the demanding visual attention requirements of modern multi-modal classrooms. DHH students face a unique challenge: while hearing students can …
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SlidePacer: Improving Class Pace for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students
This short paper from Rochester Institute of Technology introduces SlidePacer, a prototype tool designed to synchronize PowerPoint slide transitions with sign language interpretation in university classrooms. The paper addresses a fundamental challen…
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Accessible Texts for Autism: An Eye-Tracking Study
This pioneering study is the first to use eye-tracking technology with autistic participants to evaluate text document accessibility. People with Autism Spectrum Disorder experience difficulties with reading comprehension—including processing complex…
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Jellys: Towards a Videogame that Trains Rhythm and Visual Attention for Dyslexia
This demo paper describes Jellys, a video game designed to train two cognitive components linked to reading development — auditory rhythm perception and visual attention — as an intervention for children with dyslexia. The research is grounded in evi…
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Eye Tracking Scanpath Analysis on Web Pages: How Many Users?
This paper investigates how many participants are needed for reliable eye tracking scanpath analysis on web pages — a question that has been debated in usability research for over 30 years but never specifically addressed for scanpath studies. While …
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Do Web Users with Autism Experience Barriers When Searching for Information Within Web Pages?
This paper provides empirical evidence that adults with high-functioning autism experience real barriers when searching for information on web pages, using eye tracking to reveal the underlying differences in visual attention patterns. The study empl…
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Detecting Autism Based on Eye-Tracking Data from Web Searching Tasks
This paper investigates whether eye-tracking data collected during everyday web tasks can be used to distinguish between people with and without autism, potentially enabling a low-cost, accessible screening approach. The study collected gaze data fro…
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Evaluating the Benefit of Highlighting Key Words in Captions for People who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
This paper investigates whether visually highlighting important words in video captions benefits Deaf and Hard of Hearing (DHH) users, through formative studies and a larger evaluation study. DHH users face a unique visual-attention challenge when wa…
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Adults with High-functioning Autism Process Web Pages With Similar Accuracy but Higher Cognitive Effort Compared to Controls
This paper investigates the accuracy and efficiency with which adults with high-functioning autism process web pages compared to neurotypical controls, using eye-tracking to reveal hidden cognitive effort differences. The study addresses a critical g…