Current activity tracking technologies are largely trained on younger adults' data, which can
lead to solutions that are not well-suited for older adults. To build activity trackers for older …

Over the last decade there has been considerable research into how artificial intelligence
(AI), specifically computer vision, can assist people who are blind or have low-vision (BLV) …

The application and use cases for conversational agents (CAs) are versatile. Smart
speakers such as Alexa and Google Home are used in smart home environments, digital …

Conversational agents are emerging as channels for a natural and accessible interaction
with digital services. Their benefits span across a wide range of usage scenarios and …

This paper explores how blind and sighted individuals perceive real and spoofed audio,
highlighting differences and similarities between the groups. Through two studies, we find …

Object recognition technologies hold the potential to support blind and low-vision people in
navigating the world around them. However, the gap between benchmark performances and …

Speech recognition has the potential to make technology more accessible to users.
However, the accuracy of speech recognition remains limited for users with disabilities …

Most people with visual impairments use a keyboard-based screen reader as their “go-to”
assistive technology to interact with computer applications. Unfortunately, most digital …

This paper illustrates the research work of the PROTECT project, carried out as a
collaboration between the HINT Humancentric INteractive Technology) lab of Politecnico di …