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ASSETS
2015
ACM
8 years 7 months ago
Exploring the Opportunities and Challenges with Exercise Technologies for People who are Blind or Low-Vision
People who are blind or low-vision may have a harder time participating in exercise due to inaccessibility or lack of experience. We employed Value Sensitive Design (VSD) to explo...
Kyle Rector, Lauren R. Milne, Richard E. Ladner, B...
ASSETS
2015
ACM
8 years 7 months ago
ASL CLeaR: STEM Education Tools for Deaf Students
In this paper, we introduce the American Sign Language STEM Concept Learning Resource (ASL CLeaR), an educational application demo. The ASL CLeaR addresses a need for quality ASL ...
Jeanne Reis, Erin Treacy Solovey, Jon Henner, Kath...
ASSETS
2015
ACM
8 years 7 months ago
Getting Smartphones to Talkback: Understanding the Smartphone Adoption Process of Blind Users
The advent of system-wide accessibility services on mainstream touch-based smartphones has been a major point of inclusion for blind and visually impaired people. Ever since, rese...
André Rodrigues, Kyle Montague, Hugo Nicola...
ASSETS
2015
ACM
8 years 7 months ago
Using Dynamic Audio Feedback to Support Peripersonal Reaching in Visually Impaired People
Blind children engage with their immediate environment much less than sighted children, particularly through self-initiated movement or exploration. Research has suggested that pr...
Graham Wilson, Stephen A. Brewster