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  • Combining Semantic Tools for Automatic Evaluation of Alternative Texts

    Carlos Duarte, Carlos M. Duarte, Luís Carriço · 2019 · Proceedings of the 16th International Web for All Conference (W4A)

    This paper presents SCREW v2, an updated algorithm for automatically assessing the quality of alternative texts for images on web pages from an accessibility perspective. The work is motivated by the EU Directive 2016/2102, which requires monitoring the accessibility of public…

    alternative text · automated accessibility testing · image accessibility · semantic analysis · computer vision

  • Evaluating the Benefit of Highlighting Key Words in Captions for People who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing

    Sushant Kafle, Peter Yeung, Matt Huenerfauth · 2019 · Proceedings of the 21st International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS)

    This paper investigates whether visually highlighting important words in video captions benefits Deaf and Hard of Hearing (DHH) users, through formative studies and a larger evaluation study. DHH users face a unique visual-attention challenge when watching captioned video: they…

    Deaf and hard of hearing · captioning · text highlighting · educational accessibility · video accessibility

  • Sign Language Recognition, Generation, and Translation: An Interdisciplinary Perspective

    Danielle Bragg, Oscar Koller, Mary Bellard, Larwan Berke, Patrick Boudreault, Annelies Braffort, Naomi Caselli, Matt Huenerfauth, Hernisa Kacorri, Tessa Verhoef, Christian Vogler, Meredith Ringel Morris · 2019 · Proceedings of the 21st International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS 2019)

    This paper provides a comprehensive interdisciplinary overview of sign language processing — encompassing recognition, generation, and translation — produced through a two-day workshop bringing together 39 experts from computer science, linguistics, Deaf studies, and industry.…

    sign language · Deaf culture · computer vision · natural language processing · machine translation

  • ScratchThat: Supporting Command-Agnostic Speech Repair in Voice-Driven Assistants

    Jason Wu, Karan Ahuja, Richard Li, Victor Chen, Jeffrey Bigham · 2019 · Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies

    This paper presents ScratchThat, a command-agnostic speech repair system for voice-driven virtual assistants that allows users to naturally correct voice commands without repeating entire queries. Current voice assistants like Alexa, Google Assistant, and Siri lack natural…

    voice interface · speech recognition · conversational agents · error correction · natural language processing

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