Literature Reviews

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

• "Dump it, Destroy it, Send it to Data Heaven": Blind People's Expectations for Visual Privacy in Visual Assistance Technologies

  Abigale Stangl, Emma Sadjo, Pardis Emami-Naeini, Yang Wang, Danna Gurari, Leah Findlater (2023) — Proceedings of the 20th International Web for All Conference (W4A)

  This paper investigates the visual privacy expectations of 16 totally blind individuals who use visual assistance technologies (VATs) such as Aira, Be My Eyes, Seeing AI, and Envision AI. VATs provide blind users access to visual information by conne…

  • visual privacy
  • blind users
  • visual assistance technology
  • privacy expectations
  • data protection
  • AI ethics
  • camera-based assistive technology
  • obfuscation

• "Before, I Asked My Mom, Now I Ask ChatGPT": Visual Privacy Management with Generative AI for Blind and Low-Vision People

  Tanusree Sharma, Yu-Yun Tseng, Lotus Zhang, Ayae Ide, Kelly Avery Mack, Leah Findlater, Danna Gurari, Yang Wang (2025) — Proceedings of the 27th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS 2025)

  This paper presents the first in-depth empirical study of how blind and low vision (BLV) individuals use generative AI (GenAI) tools to manage visual privacy across diverse everyday contexts. The researchers conducted semi-structured interviews with …

  • blind and low vision
  • visual privacy
  • generative AI
  • privacy management
  • impression management
  • visual interpretation services
  • AI ethics