Accessibility of Different Natural User Interfaces for People with Intellectual Disabilities

Potential and Pitfalls of Digital Voice Assistants in Older Adults With and Without Intellectual Disabilities: Relevance of Participatory Design Elements and Ecologically Valid Field Studies

“…There is limited knowledge on VA use in specific groups of older adults . We identified two studies that focus on benefits and challenges for older adults with cognitive impairment (e.g., dementia; Wargnier et al, 2015 ; Wolters et al, 2016 ) and two other studies that included older people with intellectual disabilities (Braun et al, 2020 ; Smith et al, 2020 ). We also see limitations at the methodological and design level .…”

Digital Comprehensibility Assessment of Simplified Texts among Persons with Intellectual Disabilities

“…While there is a relatively large body of literature both in humancomputer interaction and in language assessment dealing with differences in comprehension and behavior when reading on digital devices compared to paper [1,13,29,30,57], almost no research has been conducted on how digital reading assessments need to be adapted for persons with intellectual disabilities. This is a significant research gap, given that these user groups have very different needs in terms of interface accessibility [10]. By comparing different assessment approaches between readers with and without intellectual disabilities, the present paper represents a first step towards addressing this research gap.…”

“…However, there is currently little research on the most suitable methods for measuring text comprehensibility among the different target groups as well as on the effects of text simplification on these measurements. This issue also fundamentally concerns humancomputer interaction, since persons with intellectual disabilities differ not only in their reading skills but also in their requirements for accessible user interfaces [10].…”

From luxury to necessity: Progress of touchless interaction technology

“…Touchless technologies in all forms, provide options for better accessible interfaces for those people who are suffering with physical disabilities. Touchless technology in the form of gaze tracking and use of voice commands have been shown to allow for a higher level of accessibility [ 64 ] than other approaches. These innovations should rightly be celebrated, but it is possible that future touchless technologies could create barriers to people living with physical disabilities.…”