GenAssist: Making image generation accessible

M Huh, YH Peng, A Pavel - Proceedings of the 36th Annual ACM …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Blind and low vision (BLV) creators use images to communicate with sighted audiences.
However, creating or retrieving images is challenging for BLV creators as it is difficult to use …

Tangiblegrid: Tangible web layout design for blind users

J Li, Z Yan, EH Jarjue, A Shetty, H Peng - Proceedings of the 35th …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
We present TangibleGrid, a novel device that allows blind users to understand and design
the layout of a web page with real-time tangible feedback. We conducted semi-structured …

Hacking, switching, combining: understanding and supporting DIY assistive technology design by blind people

J Herskovitz, A Xu, R Alharbi, A Guo - … of the 2023 CHI Conference on …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Existing assistive technologies (AT) often fail to support the unique needs of blind and
visually impaired (BVI) people. Thus, BVI people have become domain experts in …

Accessibility of high-fidelity prototyping tools

J Li, G W. Tigwell, K Shinohara - … of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
High-fidelity prototyping tools are used by software designers and developers to iron out
interface details without full implementation. However, the lack of visual accessibility in these …

Understanding blind screen-reader users' experiences of digital artboards

A Schaadhardt, A Hiniker, JO Wobbrock - … of the 2021 CHI Conference on …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
Two-dimensional canvases are the core components of many digital productivity and
creativity tools, with “artboards” containing objects rather than pixels. Unfortunately, the …

A human-computer collaborative editing tool for conceptual diagrams

L Pan, C Yu, Z He, Y Shi - Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Editing (eg, editing conceptual diagrams) is a typical office task that requires numerous
tedious GUI operations, resulting in poor interaction efficiency and user experience …

A11yBoard: Making Digital Artboards Accessible to Blind and Low-Vision Users

Z Zhang, JO Wobbrock - Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Digital artboards, which hold objects rather than pixels (eg, Microsoft PowerPoint and
Google Slides), remain largely inaccessible for blind and low-vision (BLV) users. Building on …

Accessibility of ui frameworks and libraries for programmers with visual impairments

M Pandey, S Bondre, S O'Modhrain… - 2022 IEEE Symposium …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The availability of numerous UI components, the promise of accessibility, and cross-platform
support have made UI frameworks (eg, Flutter, Xamarin, React Native) and libraries (eg …

Examining visual semantic understanding in blind and low-vision technology users

V Potluri, TE Grindeland, JE Froehlich… - Proceedings of the 2021 …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
Visual semantics provide spatial information like size, shape, and position, which are
necessary to understand and efficiently use interfaces and documents. Yet little is known …

[PDF][PDF] Ai-assisted ui design for blind and low-vision creators

V Potluri, T Grindeland… - the ASSETS'19 …, 2019 - makeabilitylab.cs.washington.edu
Visual aesthetics are critical to user interface (UI) design and usability. Prior work has shown
that website aesthetics—which users evaluate in a 'split second'upon page load—are a …