Richard Ladner

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Exploring Reduced Feature Sets for American Sign Language Dictionaries

There is currently no easy way to look up signs in sign language. Feature-based dictionaries help overcome this challenge by enabling users to look up a sign by inputting descriptive visual features, such as handshape and movement. However, feature-based dictionaries are typically cumbersome, including large numbers o…

CHI '254th AuthorMultilingual & Cross-Cultural Voice Interaction +1

Toward Language Justice: Exploring Multilingual Captioning for Accessibility

A growing body of research investigates how to make captioning experiences more accessible and enjoyable to disabled people. However, prior work has focused largely on English captioning, neglecting the majority of people who are multilingual (i.e., understand or express themselves in more than one language). To addre…

CHI '18CorrespondingIntelligent Voice Assistants (Alexa, Siri, etc.) +1

A Large Inclusive Study of Human Listening Rates

As conversational agents and digital assistants become increasingly pervasive, understanding their synthetic speech becomes increasingly important. Simultaneously, speech synthesis is becoming more sophisticated and manipulable, providing the opportunity to optimize speech rate to save users time. However, little is k…

CHI '18CorrespondingVisual Impairment Technologies (Screen Readers, Tactile Graphics, Braille) +1

Blocks4All: Overcoming Accessibility Barriers to Blocks Programming for Children with Visual Impairments

Blocks-based programming environments are a popular tool to teach children to program, but they rely heavily on visual metaphors and are therefore not fully accessible for children with visual impairments. We evaluated existing blocks-based environments and identified five major accessibility barriers for visually imp…

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