Captions (subtitles) for television and movies have greatly enhanced accessibility for Deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) consumers who do not understand the audio, but can otherwise follow by reading the captions. However, these captions fail to fully ...

This paper describes the development of a working prototype of a novel free-space haptic human-computer interface called MIDAS Touch. MIDAS Touch works by applying physical forces to a user's finger through the production of a dynamic magnetic field. ...

Simulation of a visual impairment may lead to a better understanding of how individuals with visual impairments perceive the world around them and could be a useful design tool for interface designers to identify accessibility barriers. Current ...

In this paper we present a wearable prototype that can automatically recognize affective cues such as number of people present, their age and gender distributions given an image. We customize the prototype in the context of helping people with visual ...