Literature Reviews

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

• Gaze Typing Through Foot-Operated Wearable Device

  Vijay Rajanna (2016) — ASSETS '16: Proceedings of the 18th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

  This paper presents a dwell-free gaze typing system that combines eye tracking with a foot-operated wearable device to enable text entry for people with motor impairments affecting arms or spine. Traditional gaze typing requires users to "dwell" (fix…

  • gaze typing
  • eye tracking
  • wearable devices
  • foot interaction
  • motor impairment
  • text entry
  • assistive technology
  • alternative input
  • dwell-free interaction
  • 3D printing

• Gesture-A11Y: A Large-Scale Hub for Accessible Gesture Input

  Mihail Terenti, Laura-Bianca Bilius, Ovidiu-Ciprian Ungurean, Radu-Daniel Vatavu (2025) — Proceedings of the 22nd International Web for All Conference (W4A 2025)

  This paper introduces Gesture-A11Y, a large-scale, open-source, web-based hub that serves as a searchable database of gesture input data collected from users with visual or motor disabilities. The tool is the culmination of an eight-year research eff…

  • gesture input
  • motor disabilities
  • visual disabilities
  • open data
  • accessible interaction design
  • touchscreen gestures
  • wearable devices