Figure 1. Our Wearable Subtitles proof-of-concept shows how eyewear could benefit people who are deaf or hard of hearing. We explore hands-free access to spoken communication, situational and speaker awareness, and improved understanding while engaged in a primary task. Our lightweight (54 g) 3D-printed eyewear prototype augments the user's perception of speech and sounds in a socially acceptable form factor with an architecture that could enable up to 15 hours of continuous transcription.
In this work, we synthesize 27 emerging research studies and standards to develop a resource that highlights accessibility risks of new design concepts. Prior studies have identified key factors that influence packaging accessibility: we summarize major themes and validate our findings through a Human Factors usability study. Results suggest that the design comparison tool can contribute to more accessible packaging, yielding a statistically significant difference in participants’ preference rankings. While existing methodologies evaluate a package’s accessibility at the final stages of the development process, this work suggests that usability problems can be surfaced as early as design conceptualization.
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