Literature Reviews

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

• A Wearable Face Recognition System for Individuals with Visual Impairments

  Sreekar Krishna, Greg Little, John Black, Sethuraman Panchanathan (2005) — Proceedings of the 7th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (Assets '05)

  This paper presents the iCare Interaction Assistant, a wearable face recognition system developed at Arizona State University's Center for Cognitive Ubiquitous Computing (CUbiC) to help people who are visually impaired identify individuals during soc…

  • face recognition
  • wearable computing
  • blindness
  • computer vision
  • social interaction
  • assistive technology
  • visual impairment

• Smart Rooms, Desks, and Clothes

  Alexander Pentland (1998) — Proceedings of the Third International ACM Conference on Assistive Technologies (Assets '98)

  This keynote address from Assets '98, delivered by Alexander Pentland of MIT's Media Laboratory, outlines a vision for transforming everyday objects — rooms, desks, clothing, cars, and eyeglasses — into intelligent, perceptive systems that actively a…

  • smart environments
  • wearable computing
  • perceptual computing
  • ambient intelligence
  • adaptive environments
  • multimodal interfaces
  • assistive technology

• "But, I don't take steps": Examining the Inaccessibility of Fitness Trackers for Wheelchair Athletes

  Patrick Carrington, Kevin Chang, Helena Mentis, Amy Hurst (2015) — ASSETS '15: Proceedings of the 17th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers & Accessibility

  This paper investigates why wheelchair athletes show low adoption of wearable fitness trackers despite interest in tracking physical activity. The authors interviewed five wheelchair athletes (participating in hand cycling, rugby, basketball, and ten…

  • wheelchair
  • adaptive sports
  • fitness tracking
  • wearable computing
  • Quantified Self
  • mobility impairment
  • spinal cord injury

• Sequential Gestural Passcodes on Google Glass

  Abdullah Ali (2015) — ASSETS '15: Proceedings of the 17th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers & Accessibility

  This poster paper presents a prototype authentication system using Google Glass to help people with visual impairments access online accounts while protecting against shoulder surfing attacks. The author identifies two intersecting problems: blind us…

  • blindness
  • authentication
  • security
  • wearable computing
  • gesture interaction
  • Google Glass
  • password
  • shoulder surfing

• The Cost of Turning Heads: A Comparison of a Head-Worn Display to a Smartphone for Supporting Persons with Aphasia in Conversation

  Kristin Williams, Karyn Moffatt, Jonggi Hong, Yasmeen Faroqi-Shah, Leah Findlater (2016) — ASSETS '16: Proceedings of the 18th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

  This study directly compares head-worn displays (HWDs) to smartphones for providing vocabulary support to people with aphasia—an acquired language disorder caused by brain damage (typically stroke) that affects word-finding, comprehension, and langua…

  • aphasia
  • AAC
  • augmentative and alternative communication
  • head-worn display
  • wearable computing
  • conversation support
  • vocabulary support
  • Google Glass