Livestreaming Accessibility
This study aims to enhance the accessibility of platforms like Twitch and YouTube Gaming for visually impaired people.
Advised by Dr. Amy Pavel of the UT CS HCI lab. Daniel attends weekly lab meetings, writing studios, and campus-wide HCI group meetings covering project presentations, conference papers, and interesting developments in the scene.
Formative Study:
Users selected 1 of 7 topic categories of highest familiarity and described on-screen visual content in real-time based on existing description guidelines from ADP and YouDescribe.
User Study:
Participants using screen readers watch videos alongside authored descriptions from formative study. Being conducted this week (February).
Packaging current project on livestream accessibility for submission to spring conference deadlines (UIST 2023, ASSETS 2023).