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  • Understanding Low Vision Graphical Perception of Bar Charts

    Yash Prakash, Akshay Kolgar Nayak, Sampath Jayarathna, Hae-Na Lee, Vikas Ashok · 2024 · ASSETS '24: Proceedings of the 26th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

    This paper investigates how low-vision users who rely on screen magnifiers perceive and interact with bar charts, addressing a significant gap in data visualization accessibility research. While studies on chart perception have extensively examined sighted users and some have…

    low vision · data visualization · bar charts · screen magnifier · graphical perception

  • Customizable Tabular Access to Web Data Records for Convenient Low-vision Screen Magnifier Interaction

    Hae-Na Lee, Vikas Ashok · 2022 · ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing

    This paper introduces TableView+, a browser extension designed to address the significant challenges low-vision screen magnifier users face when browsing websites containing web data records—structured listings such as product catalogs, job postings, flight search results, and…

    low vision · screen magnifier · web accessibility · data extraction · browser extension

  • A Saliency-Driven Video Magnifier for People with Low Vision

    Ali Selman Aydin, Shirin Feiz, Vikas Ashok, I V Ramakrishnan · 2020 · Proceedings of the 17th International Web for All Conference (W4A)

    This demonstration paper presents SViM (Saliency-driven Video Magnifier), a system that uses deep learning-based visual saliency prediction to automatically guide screen magnification to the most important regions of a video for people with low vision. Screen magnifiers are the…

    low vision · screen magnifier · video accessibility · computer vision · deep learning

  • TableView: Enabling Efficient Access to Web Data Records for Screen-Magnifier Users

    Hae-Na Lee, Sami Uddin, Vikas Ashok · 2020 · Proceedings of the 22nd International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS 2020)

    This paper addresses a significant usability challenge faced by people with low vision who use screen magnifiers to browse the web: the difficulty of comparing data records on websites such as job listings, flight search results, shopping products, and restaurant listings.…

    low vision · screen magnifier · web accessibility · usability · browser extension

  • How Cloud Computing Can Support On-Demand Assistive Services

    Davide Mulfari, Antonio Celesti, Antonio Puliafito, Massimo Villari · 2013 · Proceedings of the 10th International Cross-Disciplinary Conference on Web Accessibility (W4A)

    This paper from the University of Messina investigates how cloud computing and virtualisation can provide on-demand assistive technology services for people with disabilities who need to use shared or public computers. The core problem is that when a disabled person uses a…

    cloud computing · assistive technology · virtual desktop · screen reader · screen magnifier

  • PlatMult: A Multisensory Platform with Web Accessibility Features for Low Vision Users

    Marcio Oyamada, Jorge Bidarra, Clodis Boscarioli · 2013 · Proceedings of the 15th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS)

    This poster paper presents PlatMult, an integrated hardware and software platform that combines three sensory modalities — visual, auditory, and tactile — to improve web accessibility for low vision users. The authors note that screen magnifiers, the most common assistive…

    low vision · screen magnifier · screen reader · haptic feedback · multisensory

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