Human-AI Systems for Accessible Visual Communication

Communication dictates our ability to learn, connect, and act in the world. Visual media such as images, videos, and presentations are now central to communication across education, work, and personal life. While such media is engaging and informative, current interfaces make it difficult for millions of people with disabilities or limited technology experience to fully participate in understanding and authoring digital communication.

What future interactions can make digital communication accessible to all users???

In this talk, I will share a thread of work from my lab on Human-AI systems that integrate multiple communication modalities (e.g., text, video, and audio) to: (1) make video consumption accessible for blind and low vision audiences, and (2) enable blind and low vision creators to produce visual content.

Speaker: Amy Pavel, University of Texas, Austin