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Daedalus in the Dark: Designing for Non-Visual Accessible Construction of Laser-Cut Architecture |
Abstract | ||
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ABSTRACT Design tools and research regarding laser-cut architectures have been widely explored in the past decade. However, such discussion has mostly revolved around technical and structural design questions instead of another essential element of laser-cut models — assembly — a process that relies heavily on components’ visual affordance, therefore less accessible to blind or low vision (BLV) people. To narrow the gap in this area, we co-designed with 7 BLV people to examine their assembly experience with different laser-cut architectures. From their feedback, we proposed several design heuristics and guidelines for Daedalus, a generative design tool that can produce tactile aids for laser-cut assembly given a few high-level manual inputs. We validate the proposed aids in a user study with 8 new BLV participants. Our results revealed that BLV users can manage laser-cut assembly more efficiently with Daedalus. Going forth from this design iteration, we discuss implications for future research on accessible laser-cut assembly. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
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2021 | 10.1145/3472749.3474754 | UIST |
DocType | Citations | PageRank |
Conference | 0 | 0.34 |
References | Authors | |
0 | 6 | |
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ruei-Che Chang | 1 | 0 | 1.69 |
| Chih-An Tsao | 2 | 1 | 0.68 |
| Fang-Ying Liao | 3 | 0 | 0.34 |
| Seraphina Yong | 4 | 0 | 1.01 |
| Tom Yeh | 5 | 688 | 46.80 |
| Bing-Yu Chen | 6 | 1132 | 101.82 |