4 papers
Speculating a Tactile Grammar: Toward Task-Aligned Chart Design for Non-Visual Perception
Areen Khalaila, Dylan Cashman
Tactile graphics are often adapted from visual chart designs, yet many of these encodings do not translate effectively to non-visual exploration. Blind and low-vision (BLV) people…
"They Aren't Built For Me": An Exploratory Study of Strategies for Measurement of Graphical Primitives in Tactile Graphics
Areen Khalaila, Lane Harrison, Nam Wook Kim +1
Advancements in accessibility technologies such as low-cost swell form printers or refreshable tactile displays promise to allow blind or low-vision (BLV) people to analyze data by…
StreetScape: Gamified Tactile Interactions for Collaborative Learning and Play
Areen Khalaila, Gianna Everette, Suho Kim +1
Spatial reasoning and collaboration are essential for childhood development, yet blind and visually impaired (BVI) children often lack access to tools that foster these skills. Tac…
"They Aren't Built For Me": A Replication Study of Visual Graphical Perception with Tactile Representations of Data for Visually Impaired Users
Areen Khalaila, Lane Harrison, Nam Wook Kim +1
New tactile interfaces such as swell form printing or refreshable tactile displays promise to allow visually impaired people to analyze data. However, it is possible that design gu…