top of page

Publications

Explore the scientific and technical publications produced within the ABILITY project. These outputs reflect our research findings and contributions to advancing inclusive digital innovation access Europe.

Title
Authors
Venue
Type of publication
Link
Open access
Towards AI-based Accessible Digital Media: Image Analysis Pipelines and Blind User Studies
Mazen Salous, Daniel Lange, Timo Von Reeken, Wilko Heuten, Susanne Boll, Larbi Abdenebaoui
IEEE SMC Conference 2023
Publication in conference proceedings

Open here

Yes
A display with multitouch vibrotactile feedback
Charles Hudin, Ayoub Ben Dhiab, Lucie Pantera, Clément Courbois, Sabrina Panëels
Eurohaptics 2024 (July 2024)
Demo, not in proceedings
Refreshable braille display using wave focusing and bistable pins
Esteban Madoux, Charles Hudin
Eurohaptics 2024 (July 2024)
Work in Progress (Poster presentation), not in proceedings
Co-designing and prototyping a novel tactile display for images and Braille
Kirsten Rassmus-Gröhn
Tactile Reading Conference 2025 (June 2025)
Oral presentation (not in proceedings?)

Open here

Haptic Tablet for the Accessibility of Digital Content to the Visually Impaired
Théotime Goubault, Fabrice Casset, Charles Hudin, Ayoub Ben Dhiab, Lucie Pantera, Sabrina Panëels, Mikael Colin
Eurosime 2025 conference (April 2025)
Paper in proceedings (Oral presentation)

Preprint verion is here

IEEE verion is here

Yes - available in Green Open Access
Early design stages of a refreshable pin display: user involvement and design recommendations
Taqwa Saeed, Charlotte Magnusson, Kirsten Rassmus-Gröhn, Sabrina Panëels, Linda Mathé, Theresa Zimmerman, Amélie Galcera, Ginger Claassen, Vilmantas Balčikonis, Lucie Pantera
People – Fundamentals and ICT Assistive technologies (Springer)
Co-designing together with persons with visual impairments (revision of an article in the first edition for this 2nd edition)
Charlotte Magnusson, Per-Olof Hedvall, Kirsten Rassmus-Gröhn, Héctor Caltenco
Mobility of Visually Impaired People – Fundamentals and ICT Assistive technologies (Springer)
Chapter in book
Feel the Wave: Using Waveguides as a Tactile Communication Interface for Deafblind People
Lucie Pantera, Thomas Hebert, Ayoub Ben Dhiab, Charles Hudin, Sabrina Panëels
SAC ADT (Accessible Devices and Technologies) (March 2025)
Paper in proceedings, Oral presentation

Open here

Yes
Actionnement par Retournement Temporel de Mécanismes Bistables : Application à l'Affichage Braille Dynamique
Esteban Madoux, Charles Hudin
CFA (Congrès Français d'Acoustique)
Oral presentation and abstract

Open here

Reducing the Number of Actuators in Braille Displays with Time Reversal Focusing
Esteban Madoux, Charles Hudin
WorldHaptics (July 2025)
Semi-Automatic BVI Human-Centered Image Conversational Descriptions: Leveraging LLMs and Expert Refinements for Inclusive Visual Accessibility
Salous, Mazen and Lange, Daniel and von Reeken, Timo and Wolters, Maria K. and Heuten, Wilko and Boll, Susanne and Abdenebaoui, Larbi
IEEE Access
Article in Journal

Open here

Yes
Enhancing Image Accessibility in Educational Contexts for Blind and Visually Impaired Learners Through Integrated Computer Vision Techniques
Salous, Mazen and Riecken, John-Uwe and Heuten, Wilko and Abdenaboui, Larbi
AAATE Conference (September 2025)
Paper in proceedings, oral presentation

Open here

No
Developing and Pilot Testing a Hybrid Prototype for Audio-Tactile Graphics
Kirsten Rassmus-Gröhn, Taqwa Saeed, Charlotte Magnusson, Ginger Claassen, Linda Mathé, Tobias Schulze-Velmede
AAATE Conference (September 2025)
Paper in proceedings, oral presentation

Open here

No
Haptic Tablet for Digital Graphics Accessibility
S. Panëels, L. Pantera, C. Hudin, A. Ben Dhiab, F. Casset, T. Goubault
AAATE Conference (September 2025)
Oral presentation (not in proceedings)
Augmenting Imagery with Multimodal Vibrotactile Representations: Touch, Feel, and Hear
Mazen Salous, Matthias Kramer, Charles Hudin, Wilko Heuten, Susanne Boll, Larbi Abdenebaoui
CHI 2026
Paper
Beyond Captions: AI-powered Conversational Visual Assistant for Blind and Visually Impaired Users
Mazen Salous, Mikolaj Wozniak, Timo von Reeken, Wilko Heuten, Susanne Boll, Larbi Abdenebaoui
IUI 2026
Paper

Menschenzentrierte, multisensorische Geräteerstellung

Kontaktieren Sie uns

Wenn Sie das ABILITY-Koordinierungsteam kontaktieren möchten, senden Sie bitte eine E-Mail an.

sabrina.paneels@cea.fr

Außerdem möchten wir Sie ermutigen, das ABILITY Management Board, damit Sie Ihre Fragen an die richtige Person richten können.

Melden Sie sich an, um die neuesten Nachrichten zu unserem Produkt zu erhalten.

Danke fürs Abonnieren!

Folgen Sie uns gerne

Dieses Projekt wurde vom Forschungs- und Innovationsprogramm Horizon der Europäischen Union im Rahmen der Finanzhilfevereinbarung Nr. 101070396 finanziert

EU flag
bottom of page