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Social Dimensions of Technology-Mediated Sight

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Annuska Zolyomi,

Anushree Shukla,

Jaime SnyderAuthors Info & Claims

ASSETS '16: Proceedings of the 18th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

Pages 299 - 300

https://doi.org/10.1145/2982142.2982190

Published: 23 October 2016 Publication History

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Abstract

Users of wearable vision technology, such as eSight assistive eyewear, have a distinct relationship with sight influenced by personal, social, and cultural perceptions and practices. In order to better understand the ways in which vision is socially constructed through technology-mediated sight, we conducted qualitative, semi-structured interviews with 13 users of eSight glasses. Our interviews focused on eliciting narratives about eSight use from initial introduction of the technology to current daily practices. Emerging findings describe ways in which technology-mediated vision is experienced in relation to (1) adaptive practices, (2) social participation, (3) experiences of space, and (4) opportunities for choice and self-determination.

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Social Dimensions of Technology-Mediated Sight
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Accessibility
    1. Empirical studies in accessibility

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ASSETS '16: Proceedings of the 18th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

October 2016

362 pages

ISBN:9781450341240

DOI:10.1145/2982142

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Towson University, USA
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Rochester Institute of Technology, USA

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Thieme ABennett CMorrison CCutrell ETaylor AMandryk RHancock MPerry MCox A(2018)"I can do everything but see!" -- How People with Vision Impairments Negotiate their Abilities in Social ContextsProceedings of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems10.1145/3173574.3173777(1-14)Online publication date: 21-Apr-2018
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Morrison CCutrell EDhareshwar ADoherty KThieme ATaylor AHurst AFindlater LMorris M(2017)Imagining Artificial Intelligence Applications with People with Visual Disabilities using Tactile IdeationProceedings of the 19th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility10.1145/3132525.3132530(81-90)Online publication date: 19-Oct-2017
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