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StitchOver: Technical Embroidery on Seamed Fabrics
Zekun Chang, Tianhong Catherine Yu, Yixuan Gao +1
Smart textiles embed interactivity into everyday garments, supporting use cases like always-available sensing for medical applications or sports. Machine embroidery allows integrat…
Building Drift: Documenting On-Site Construction Adaptations Across Material Lifecycles
Ritik Batra, Martin Tamke, Tom Svilans +5
In a circular economy for construction, reclaimed materials carry prior lives of use and go on to have post-lives in future buildings. Yet working with such materials introduces un…
Me, Myself, and My Voice: Exploring Cultural and Linguistic Identity in AAC AI-generated Voices
Tobias Weinberg, Aaleyah Lewis, Ricardo E. Gonzalez Penuela +3
Voice is a central element of identity. We recognize people by their voice, and we uniquely express who we are with it. For people who rely on augmentative and alternative communic…
Convivial Fabrication: Towards Relational Computational Tools For and From Craft Practices
Ritik Batra, Roy Zunder, Amy Cheatle +4
Computational tools for fabrication often treat materials as passive rather than active participants in design, abstracting away relationships between craftspeople and materials. F…
I, Robot? Exploring Ultra-Personalized AI-Powered AAC; an Autoethnographic Account
Tobias M. Weinberg, Ricardo E. Gonzalez Penuela, Stephanie Valencia +1
Generic AI auto-complete for message composition often fails to capture the nuance of personal identity, requiring editing. While harmless in low-stakes settings, for users of Augm…
One Does Not Simply 'Mm-hmm': Exploring Backchanneling in the AAC Micro-Culture
Tobias Weinberg, Claire O'Connor, Ricardo E. Gonzalez Penuela +2
Backchanneling (e.g., "uh-huh", "hmm", a simple nod) encompasses a big part of everyday communication; it is how we negotiate the turn to speak, it signals our engagement, and shap…