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Maryam Bandukda

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arXiv2026

NaviNote: Enabling In-situ Spatial Annotation Authoring to Support Exploration and Navigation for Blind and Low Vision People

GPS and smartphones enable users to place location-based annotations, capturing rich environmental context. Previous research demonstrates that blind and low vision (BLV) people can use annotations to explore unfamiliar areas. However, current commercial systems allowing BLV users to create annotations have never been evaluated, and current GPS-based systems can deviate several meters. Motivated by high-accuracy visual positioning technology, we first conducted a formative study with 24 BLV participants to envision a more accurate and inclusive annotation system. Surprisingly, many participants viewed the high-accuracy technology not just as an annotation system but also as a tool for precise last-few-meters navigation. Guided by participant feedback, we developed NaviNote, which combines vision-based high-precision localization with an agentic architecture to enable voice-based annotation authoring and navigation. Evaluating NaviNote with 18 BLV participants showed that it significantly improved navigation performance and supported users in understanding and annotating their surroundings. Based on these findings, we discuss design considerations for future accessible annotation authoring systems.

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arXiv2025

Understanding the Video Content Creation Journey of Creators with Sensory Impairment in Kenya

Video content creation offers vital opportunities for expression and participation, yet remains largely inaccessible to creators with sensory impairments, especially in low-resource settings. We conducted interviews with 20 video creators with visual and hearing impairments in Kenya to examine their tools, challenges, and collaborative practices. Our findings show that accessibility barriers and infrastructural limitations shape video creation as a staged, collaborative process involving trusted human partners and emerging AI tools. Across workflows, creators actively negotiated agency and trust, maintaining creative control while bridging sensory gaps. We discuss the need for flexible, interdependent collaboration models, inclusive human-AI workflows, and diverse storytelling practices. This work broadens accessibility research in HCI by examining how technology and social factors intersect in low-resource contexts, suggesting ways to better support disabled creators globally.

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arXiv2023

Understanding Visual Arts Experiences of Blind People

Visual arts play an important role in cultural life and provide access to social heritage and self-enrichment, but most visual arts are inaccessible to blind people. Researchers have explored different ways to enhance blind people's access to visual arts (e.g., audio descriptions, tactile graphics). However, how blind people adopt these methods remains unknown. We conducted semi-structured interviews with 15 blind visual arts patrons to understand how they engage with visual artwork and the factors that influence their adoption of visual arts access methods. We further examined interview insights in a follow-up survey (N=220). We present: 1) current practices and challenges of accessing visual artwork in-person and online (e.g., Zoom tour), 2) motivation and cognition of perceiving visual arts (e.g., imagination), and 3) implications for designing visual arts access methods. Overall, our findings provide a roadmap for technology-based support for blind people's visual arts experiences.

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