Benett Axtell

schoolUniversity of Torontobar_chart#2502 Global Rank

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“With a hint she will remember”: Collaborative Storytelling and Culture Sharing between Immigrant Grandparents and Grandchildren Via Magic Thing Designs

The timeless social activity of passing down oral stories preserves family memory, identity, values, and culture. Existing tools for family memories often take a techno-determinist approach by focusing on the mechanics of connecting families and the resulting documentation, rather than the social process of sharing st…

CHI '221st AuthorIoT Device Privacy +1

Design is Worth a Thousand Words: The Effect of Digital Interaction Design on Picture-Prompted Reminiscence

Interactions with our personal and family pictures are essential to continued social reminiscence, leading to long-term benefits, including reduced social isolation. Previous research has identified how designs of digital picture tools fall short of physical options specifically in terms of reminiscence. However, the…

CSCW '212nd AuthorParenting and Family

Participatory Design for Intergenerational Culture Exchange in Immigrant Families: How Collaborative Narration and Creation Fosters Democratic Engagement

Language and cultural barriers critically threaten the social relationships between grandparents and grandchildren in immigrant families. Cultural exchange activities, like shared storytelling, can foster these crucial connections. However, existing barriers make these seemingly routine interactions challenging for fa…

CHI '211st AuthorVoice User Interface (VUI) Design +2

Tea, Earl Grey, Hot: Designing Speech Interactions from the Imagined Ideal of Star Trek

Speech is now common in daily interactions with our devices, thanks to voice user interfaces (VUIs) like Alexa. Despite their seeming ubiquity, designs often do not match users’ expectations. Science fiction, which is known to influence design of new technologies, has included VUIs for decades. Star Trek: The Next Gen…

IUI '181st AuthorVoice Accessibility +2

Touch-Supported Voice Recording to Facilitate Forced Alignment of Text and Speech in an E-Reading Interface

Reading a book together with a family member who has impaired vision or other difficulties reading is an important social bonding activity. However, for the person being read to, there is little support in making these experiences repeatable. While audio can easily be recorded, synchronizing it with the text for later…

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