An insight into smartphone-based assistive solutions for visually impaired and blind people: issues, challenges and opportunities
Blind people are confronting a number of challenges in performing activities of daily life such
as reading labels on a product, identification of currency notes, exploring unknown spaces …
as reading labels on a product, identification of currency notes, exploring unknown spaces …
From image to language: A critical analysis of visual question answering (vqa) approaches, challenges, and opportunities
The multimodal task of Visual Question Answering (VQA) encompassing elements of
Computer Vision (CV) and Natural Language Processing (NLP), aims to generate answers …
Computer Vision (CV) and Natural Language Processing (NLP), aims to generate answers …
Vizwiz grand challenge: Answering visual questions from blind people
The study of algorithms to automatically answer visual questions currently is motivated by
visual question answering (VQA) datasets constructed in artificial VQA settings. We propose …
visual question answering (VQA) datasets constructed in artificial VQA settings. We propose …
Interdependence as a frame for assistive technology research and design
In this paper, we describe interdependence for assistive technology design, a frame
developed to complement the traditional focus on independence in the Assistive Technology …
developed to complement the traditional focus on independence in the Assistive Technology …
Captioning images taken by people who are blind
While an important problem in the vision community is to design algorithms that can
automatically caption images, few publicly-available datasets for algorithm development …
automatically caption images, few publicly-available datasets for algorithm development …
Automatic alt-text: Computer-generated image descriptions for blind users on a social network service
We designed and deployed automatic alt-text (AAT), a system that applies computer vision
technology to identify faces, objects, and themes from photos to generate photo alt-text for …
technology to identify faces, objects, and themes from photos to generate photo alt-text for …
" Person, Shoes, Tree. Is the Person Naked?" What People with Vision Impairments Want in Image Descriptions
Access to digital images is important to people who are blind or have low vision (BLV). Many
contemporary image description efforts do not take into account this population's nuanced …
contemporary image description efforts do not take into account this population's nuanced …
How blind people interact with visual content on social networking services
In this paper, we explore blind people's motivations, challenges, interactions, and
experiences with visual content on Social Networking Services (SNSs). We present findings …
experiences with visual content on Social Networking Services (SNSs). We present findings …
Going beyond one-size-fits-all image descriptions to satisfy the information wants of people who are blind or have low vision
Image descriptions are how people who are blind or have low vision (BLV) access
information depicted within images. To our knowledge, no prior work has examined how a …
information depicted within images. To our knowledge, no prior work has examined how a …