3 papers
cs.HC2026
From Anonymous Shapes to Named Places: A Tool for Braille and Place-Semantic Annotation of Tactile Maps
Li Liu, Ashmita Dua, Jiaming Qu +2
On a 3D-printed tactile map, a building felt under the finger is an anonymous shape: touch alone cannot tell which footprint is which, and a spoken description cannot reliably poin…
cs.AI2026
Learning to Draw ASCII Improves Spatial Reasoning in Language Models
Shiyuan Huang, Li Liu, Jincheng He +1
When faced with complex spatial problems, humans naturally sketch layouts to organize their thinking, and the act of drawing further sharpens their understanding. In this work, we…
cs.HC2026
Touching Space: Accessible Map Exploration Through Conversational Audio-Haptic Interaction
Li Liu, Jiaming Qu, Marc Jowell Bagaoisan +2
Most existing assistive navigation tools focus on providing real-time guidance for Blind and Low-Vision (BLV) people, but few support building a holistic spatial understanding of u…