4 papers
Sonic Stage: Auto-Generating Interactive Spatial Soundscapes to Facilitate Dialogue Video Comprehension for Blind Viewers
Shuchang Xu, Xiaofu Jin, Gaurav Jain +4
Audio description (AD) makes film and television accessible to blind and low-vision (BLV) audiences by narrating characters' actions. However, in scenes with lots of dialogue, AD o…
SceneScout: Towards AI Agent-driven Access to Street View Imagery for Blind Users
Gaurav Jain, Leah Findlater, Cole Gleason
People who are blind or have low vision (BLV) may hesitate to travel independently in unfamiliar environments due to uncertainty about the physical landscape. While most tools focu…
StreetNav: Leveraging Street Cameras to Support Precise Outdoor Navigation for Blind Pedestrians
Gaurav Jain, Basel Hindi, Zihao Zhang +12
Blind and low-vision (BLV) people rely on GPS-based systems for outdoor navigation. GPS's inaccuracy, however, causes them to veer off track, run into obstacles, and struggle to re…
"I Want to Figure Things Out": Supporting Exploration in Navigation for People with Visual Impairments
Gaurav Jain, Yuanyang Teng, Dong Heon Cho +3
Navigation assistance systems (NASs) aim to help visually impaired people (VIPs) navigate unfamiliar environments. Most of today's NASs support VIPs via turn-by-turn navigation, bu…