Aug. 4, 2020. ISWC 2020 Paper on "Field Study of a Tactile Device" Accepted!

Aug. 4, 2020. CSCW2020 Paper on "Urban Accessibility as a Socio-Political Problem" Accepted!

July 29, 2020. Liang He Accepted into UIST2020 Doctoral Symposium

July 22, 2020. SoundWatch and Navigating Grad School with a Disability Accepted to ASSETS'20

July 15, 2020. Four Makeability Lab Ugrads Accepted to BS/MS Program

Recent Projects

HoloSound

2020 – Present

SoundWatch

2018 – Present

HomeSound

2018 – Present

ARMath

2018 – 2020

PneuFetch

2019 – 2020

Project Sidewalk

2012 – Present

AccessVis

2016 – Present

Accessibility-Infused Maps

2016 – Present

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Recent Videos

HoloSound: Combining Speech and Sound Identification for Deaf or Hard of Hearing Users on a Head-mounted Display

YouTube | Paper | HoloSound

ARMath: Augmenting Everyday Life with Math Learning

YouTube | Paper | ARMath

HomeSound: SmartHome Sound Awareness

YouTube | HomeSound

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Recent Papers

Navigating Graduate School with a Disability: A Trio-Ethnography

Proceedings of ASSETS 2020 To Appear

Dhruv Jain, Venkatesh Potluri, Ather Sharif

HoloSound: Combining Speech and Sound Identification for Deaf or Hard of Hearing Users on a Head-mounted Display

Poster Proceedings of ASSETS 2020 To Appear

Greg Guo, Robin Yiru Yang, Johnson Kuang, Xue Bin, Dhruv Jain, Steven Goodman, Leah Findlater, Jon E. Froehlich

PDF | Citation | Code • HoloSound

SoundWatch: Exploring Smartwatch-based Deep Learning Approaches to Support Sound Awareness for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Users

Proceedings of ASSETS 2020 To Appear

Dhruv Jain, Hung Ngo, Pratyush Patel, Steven Goodman, Leah Findlater, Jon E. Froehlich

PDF | Citation • SoundWatch

Field Study of a Tactile Sound Awareness Device for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Users

Proceedings of ISWC 2020

Dhruv Jain, Brendon Chiu, Steven Goodman, Chris Schmandt, Leah Findlater, Jon E. Froehlich

HomeSound: An Iterative Field Deployment of an In-Home Sound Awareness System for Deaf or Hard of Hearing Users

Proceedings of CHI 2020

Dhruv Jain, Kelly Mack, Akli Amrous, Steven Goodman, Matt Wright, Leah Findlater, Jon E. Froehlich

PDF | Citation • HomeSound

Involving End-Users in HCI Education: A Case Study and Steps Forward

EduCHI 2020

Wendy Roldan, Jon E. Froehlich, Jason Yip

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Recent Talks

Project Sidewalk: Mapping the Accessibility of the Physical World at Scale using Interactive Computational Tools

Jan. 22, 2020 | Google Tech Talk

Seattle, WA

PDF | PPTX | Project Sidewalk | Deep Learning for Sidewalk Assessment | AccessVis | Accessibility-Infused Maps | Urban Accessibility Evolution | Transportation Analytics

Field Deployment of a Smarthome Sound Awareness System for Deaf or Hard of Hearing Users

Nov. 13, 2019 | UW Qualifying exams

University of Washington

PDF | PPTX | Video | HomeSound

Autoethnography of a Hard of Hearing Traveler

Oct. 29, 2019 | ASSETS 2019

Pittsburgh, PA

PDF | PPTX | Deaf Travel Autoethnography

Deep Learning for Automatically Detecting Sidewalk Accessibility Problems Using Streetscape Imagery

Oct. 29, 2019 | ASSETS'19

Pittsburgh, PA

PDF | PPTX | Deep Learning for Sidewalk Assessment

Ondulé: Designing and Controlling 3D Printable Springs

Oct. 22, 2019 | UIST 2019 Technical Paper Talk

New Orleans

PDF | PPTX | Video | Paper | Ondulé

Project Sidewalk: Mapping the Accessibility of the Physical World at Scale using Interactive Computational Tools

Sept. 30, 2019 | WSRO 2019 Keynote

Spokane, WA

PDF | PPTX | Project Sidewalk

Exploring Sound Awareness in the Home for People who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing

May 10, 2019 | CHI 2019

Glasgow, UK

PDF | PPTX | HomeSound

Deaf and Hard-of-hearing Individuals’ Preferences for Wearable and Mobile Sound Awareness Technologies

May 10, 2019 | CHI 2019

Glasgow, UK

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