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• Enhancing Blind Visitor's Autonomy in a Science Museum Using an Autonomous Navigation Robot

  Seita Kayukawa, Daisuke Sato, Masayuki Murata, Tatsuya Ishihara, Hironobu Takagi, Shigeo Morishima, Chieko Asakawa · 2023 · Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

  Museums have historically struggled to offer blind visitors the same self-directed, exploratory experience that sighted visitors take for granted. Prior solutions — tactile tours, audio guides, or pre-fixed navigation routes — either require a human escort or constrain visitors…

  blind navigation · autonomous navigation robot · museum accessibility · visual impairment · indoor navigation

• Pedestrian Detection with Wearable Cameras for the Blind: A Two-way Perspective

  Kyungjun Lee, Daisuke Sato, Saki Asakawa, Hernisa Kacorri, Chieko Asakawa · 2020 · Proceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

  Wearable cameras — embedded in commercial products like OrCam, Aira, and eSight — promise blind users equitable access to visual information about the people around them: who is approaching, where they are looking, whether eye contact is possible. But the always-on nature of…

  wearable camera · pedestrian detection · social acceptance · face recognition · privacy

• Investigating Meaning in Uses of Assistive Devices: Implications of Social and Professional Contexts

  Kristen Shinohara · 2010 · Proceedings of the 12th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS 2010)

  This short paper presents an interview study exploring how people with disabilities experience the social and professional implications of using assistive devices. Shinohara defines assistive technologies as proprietary hardware or software made for people with disabilities,…

  assistive technology · social acceptance · stigma · assistive device design · self-image

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