Finding lost items is a common problem for the visually impaired and is something that computing technology can help alleviate. In this paper, we present the design and evaluation...
Julie A. Kientz, Shwetak N. Patel, Arwa Z. Tyebkha...
Threshold devices present information gathered from the home's surroundings to give new views on the domestic situation. We built two prototypes of different threshold device...
William W. Gaver, Andy Boucher, Andy Law, Sarah Pe...
We present a conceptual framework for location-aware community systems and results from two studies of how sociallydefined places influence people's information sharing and c...
Quentin Jones, Sukeshini A. Grandhi, Steve Whittak...
This paper describes our experiences with the first partial deployment of Presentations Automatically Organized from Lectures (PAOL), a lecture recording system developed and tes...
Paul E. Dickson, W. Richards Adrion, Allen R. Hans...
We propose a system that reads the text encountered in natural scenes with the aim to provide assistance to the visually impaired persons. This paper describes the system design a...