Literature Reviews
Reviewed research papers, articles, and publications relevant to digital accessibility.
4 results found tagged voice user interface.
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CLARIS: Clear and Intelligible Speech from Whispered and Dysarthric Voices
This CHI 2026 paper introduces CLARIS (Clear and Accessible Restoration of Impaired Speech), a compact end-to-end neural speech-to-speech restoration system designed to convert whispered speech and dysarthric speech into clear, natural, intelligible …
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CareHub: Smart Screen VUI and Home Appliances Control for Older Adults
This demonstration paper presents CareHub, a smart screen prototype that augments voice user interfaces (VUIs) with complementary visual output to help older adults control home appliances more effectively. The research was conducted at the Rhode Isl…
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Making Emergency Calls More Accessible to Older Adults Through a Hands-free Speech Interface in the House
This paper presents CirdoX, a hands-free voice user interface system designed to detect emergency calls for help from older adults living alone at home. Wearable personal emergency response (PER) systems — typically pendant buttons worn on the neck o…
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Blind Leading the Sighted: Drawing Design Insights from Blind Users towards More Productivity-oriented Voice Interfaces
This paper investigates how people who are blind use voice-activated personal assistants (VAPAs) like Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant, and Apple Siri, arguing that blind users are expert voice interface users whose insights can improve VAPA design for…