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Bigger than the EAR BOX: A Theory-Grounded Review of XR Accessibility Research for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Communities
Shuxu Huffman, Michaela Okosi, Jose Merino +4
Extended Reality (XR) technologies have received growing attention in accessibility research involving Deaf and Hard of Hearing (DHH) communities. Yet less attention has been given…
Are Caption Metrics Broken? Latency, Deaf and Hard of Hearing User Ratings, and Bias across Technologies
Bernard Thompson, James Waller, Luz Fanny Calderon Torres +5
Live captions on TV often contain errors and timing issues, making it hard for deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) viewers to follow dialog. It is essential that caption quality metrics…
Seeing the Voice, Preserving the Self: A Participatory Design Approach to Deaf-Centric Text-to-Speech
Shela Atemnkeng, Patrick Boudreault, Paige DeVries +2
We describe a participatory design approach toward developing Deaf-centric text-to-speech (TTS) technologies. While TTS is growing rapidly in the mainstream, it has received little…
Deaf and Hard of Hearing Access to Intelligent Personal Assistants: Comparison of Voice-Based Options with an LLM-Powered Touch Interface
Paige S. DeVries, Michaela Okosi, Ming Li +6
We investigate intelligent personal assistants (IPAs) accessibility for deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) people who can use their voice in everyday communication. The inability of IP…
Barriers to Employment: The Deaf Multimedia Authoring Tax
C. Vogler, A. Glasser, R. Kushalnagar +7
This paper describes the challenges that deaf and hard of hearing people face with creating accessible multimedia content, such as portfolios, instructional videos and video presen…
Accessibility Considerations in the Development of an AI Action Plan
Jennifer Mankoff, Janice Light, James Coughlan +4
We argue that there is a need for Accessibility to be represented in several important domains: - Capitalize on the new capabilities AI provides - Support for open source developme…
Assessment of Sign Language-Based versus Touch-Based Input for Deaf Users Interacting with Intelligent Personal Assistants
Nina Tran, Paige DeVries, Matthew Seita +3
With the recent advancements in intelligent personal assistants (IPAs), their popularity is rapidly increasing when it comes to utilizing Automatic Speech Recognition within househ…
How Users Experience Closed Captions on Live Television: Quality Metrics Remain a Challenge
Mariana Arroyo Chavez, Molly Feanny, Matthew Seita +6
This paper presents a mixed methods study on how deaf, hard of hearing and hearing viewers perceive live TV caption quality with captioned video stimuli designed to mirror TV capti…
Sign Language-Based versus Touch-Based Input for Deaf Users with Interactive Personal Assistants in Simulated Kitchen Environments
Paige DeVries, Nina Tran, Keith Delk +6
In this study, we assess the usability of interactive personal assistants (IPAs), such as Amazon Alexa, in a simulated kitchen smart home environment, with deaf and hard of hearing…