Psst: Enabling blind or visually impaired developers to author sonifications of streaming sensor data

V Potluri, J Thompson, J Devine, B Lee… - Proceedings of the 35th …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
We present the first toolkit that equips blind and visually impaired (BVI) developers with the
tools to create accessible data displays. Called PSST (Physical computing Streaming …

A glimpse into smartphone screen reader use among blind teenagers in rural Nepal

P Sankhi, FE Sandnes - Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose Access to appropriate assistive technology is a challenge worldwide and especially
in low GDP-per-capita countries. Nepal is one example of a country with several coinciding …

Arduino visual programming

K Chochiang, K Chaowanawatee… - 2019 23rd …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A Visual programming language called ArViz is proposed in this work. ArViz is an extension
of Ardublockly and senseBox Blockly, which are based on Google Blockly. ArViz is designed …

Expanding Blocks4All with variables and functions

JSY Ong, NAO Amoah, AE Garrett-Engele… - Proceedings of the 21st …, 2019 - dl.acm.org
Blocks-based programming environments are often inaccessible for children with visual
impairments who cannot interact with their visual components. We present our work on …

Arviz: An iot teaching tool for high school students

K Chochiang, K Chaowanawatee… - 2019 23rd …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This work aims to evaluate ArViz as an IoT teaching tool for new inexperienced students.
ArViz (Arduino Vis (z) ual Programming) is wrapped in a graphical interface to help …

Overcoming accessibility barriers for people with severe vision impairment in web-based learning environments: a literature review

MD do Nascimento, AAF Brandão… - 2019 IEEE Frontiers …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This Research Full Paper presents a literature review about overcoming accessibility
barriers for People with Severe vision impairment in Web-based Learning Environments …

Evaluating a tactile approach to programming Scratch

Z Wang, A Wagner - Proceedings of the 2019 ACM Southeast …, 2019 - dl.acm.org
Computer Science in K-12 is continuing to become more prevalent. Because learning syntax
and debugging can be burdensome, many teachers in K-12 use block languages to teach …

A Paradigm Shift in Nonvisual Programming

V Potluri - 2024 - search.proquest.com
Programming and software engineering are of keen interest to the blind or visually impaired
(BVI) community, spurring accessibility enhancements to programming tools that simplify …

Towards iVProg4All: an accessibility test with blind

MD Do Nascimento, AAF Brandão… - 2023 IEEE Frontiers …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Computational thinking has become an essential skill nowadays. Many educational
institutions around the world have adopted computational thinking as an elementary or …

Assistive Technology for Visually Impairment: Three Research Initiatives

JAC Castaneda, RK Raavi… - 2021 4th …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
According to the latest report from the World Health Organization, at least 1 billion people
are affected by vision impairment. According to the Canadian National Institute of Blind …