"We are at the mercy of others' opinion": Supporting Blind People in Recreational Window Shopping with AI-infused Technology
Rie Kamikubo, Hernisa Kacorri, Chieko Asakawa · 2024 · Proceedings of the 21st International Web for All Conference (W4A '24)
This paper investigates how AI-powered navigation technology can support blind people in recreational window shopping — an activity that sighted people take for granted but remains largely inaccessible to those without vision. Researchers from the University of Maryland and…
blindness · navigation · guide robots · wayfinding · recreational accessibility