Understanding visual arts experiences of blind people

FM Li, L Zhang, M Bandukda, A Stangl… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Visual arts play an important role in cultural life and provide access to social heritage and
self-enrichment, but most visual arts are inaccessible to blind people. Researchers have …

Towards Inclusive Video Commenting: Introducing Signmaku for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing

S Chen, H Cheng, J Situ, D Kirst, S Su… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
Previous research underscored the potential of danmaku–a text-based commenting feature
on videos–in engaging hearing audiences. Yet, for many Deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) …

Accessibility Research in Digital Audiovisual Media: What Has Been Achieved and What Should Be Done Next?

A Nevsky, T Neate, E Simperl, RD Vatavu - Proceedings of the 2023 …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
The consumption of digital audiovisual media is a mainstay of many people's lives.
However, people with accessibility needs often have issues accessing this content. With a …

“Caption It in an Accessible Way That Is Also Enjoyable”: Characterizing User-Driven Captioning Practices on TikTok

EJ McDonnell, T Eagle, P Sinlapanuntakul… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
As user-generated video dominates media landscapes, it poses an accessibility challenge.
While disability advocacy groups globally have secured hard-won accessibility regulations …

Embodied exploration: Facilitating remote accessibility assessment for wheelchair users with virtual reality

S Pei, A Chen, C Chen, FM Li, M Fozzard… - Proceedings of the 25th …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Acquiring accessibility information about unfamiliar places in advance is essential for
wheelchair users to make better decisions about physical visits. Today's assessment …

Sparkling silence: Practices and challenges of livestreaming among deaf or hard of hearing streamers

B Cao, C He, M Zhou, M Fan - Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Understanding livestream platforms' accessibility challenges for minority groups, such as
people with disabilities, is critical to increasing the diversity and inclusion of those platforms …

" Voices Help Correlate Signs and Words": Analyzing Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing (DHH) TikTokers' Content, Practices, and Pitfalls

J Cao, X Peng, F Liang, X Tong - … of the 2024 CHI Conference on Human …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
Video-sharing platforms such as TikTok have offered new opportunities for d/Deaf and hard-
of-hearing (DHH) people to create public-facing content using sign language–an integral …

Unspoken sound: identifying trends in non-speech audio captioning on YouTube

L May, K Ohshiro, K Dang, S Sridhar, J Pai… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
High-quality closed captioning of both speech and non-speech elements (eg, music, sound
effects, manner of speaking, and speaker identification) is essential for the accessibility of …

DesignChecker: Visual Design Support for Blind and Low Vision Web Developers

M Huh, A Pavel - Proceedings of the 37th Annual ACM Symposium on …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
Blind and low vision (BLV) developers create websites to share knowledge and showcase
their work. A well-designed website can engage audiences and deliver information …