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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…
How Multimodal Large Language Models Support Access to Visual Information: A Diary Study With Blind and Low Vision People
Ricardo E. Gonzalez Penuela, Crescentia Jung, Sharon Y Lin +2
Multimodal large language models (MLLMs) are changing how Blind and Low Vision (BLV) people access visual information. Unlike traditional visual interpretation tools that only prov…
TapNav: Adaptive Spatiotactile Screen Readers for Tactually Guided Touchscreen Interactions for Blind and Low Vision People
Ricardo Gonzalez, Fannie Liu, Blair MacIntyre +1
Screen readers are audio-based software that Blind and Low Vision (BLV) people use to interact with computing devices, such as tablets and smartphones. Although this technology has…
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…
Investigating Use Cases of AI-Powered Scene Description Applications for Blind and Low Vision People
Ricardo Gonzalez, Jazmin Collins, Shiri Azenkot +1
"Scene description" applications that describe visual content in a photo are useful daily tools for blind and low vision (BLV) people. Researchers have studied their use, but they…
Towards Understanding the Use of MLLM-Enabled Applications for Visual Interpretation by Blind and Low Vision People
Ricardo E. Gonzalez Penuela, Ruiying Hu, Sharon Lin +2
Blind and Low Vision (BLV) people have adopted AI-powered visual interpretation applications to address their daily needs. While these applications have been helpful, prior work ha…