4 papers
Skeleton: Visual Authoring of Non-visual Data Experiences
Frank Elavsky, Chieri Nnadozie, Lucas Nadolskis +2
When sighted practitioners author accessible data visualizations, they build navigation structures (the nodes, edges, and input bindings that govern how assistive technologies trav…
Navigating the Last Mile: Evaluating Head- and Cane-Mounted Cameras for Egocentric Spatial Awareness
Apurv Varshney, Lucas Nadolskis, Tobias Höllerer +1
Robust navigational guidance is an important XR application for both sighted and non-sighted populations. In this paper, we mainly focus on blind pedestrians, who continue to face…
Beyond Sight: Probing Alignment Between Image Models and Blind V1
Jacob Granley, Galen Pogoncheff, Alfonso Rodil +7
Neural activity in the visual cortex of blind humans persists in the absence of visual stimuli. However, little is known about the preservation of visual representation capacity in…
Data Navigator: An accessibility-centered data navigation toolkit
Frank Elavsky, Lucas Nadolskis, Dominik Moritz
Making data visualizations accessible for people with disabilities remains a significant challenge in current practitioner efforts. Existing visualizations often lack an underlying…