Dec. 18, 2020. Liang He Passes General Exam

Dec. 11, 2020. Dhruv Jain Passes General Exam

Nov. 10, 2020. Announcing Dr. Seokbin Kang

Oct. 29, 2020. SoundWatch Wins Best Artifact Award at ASSETS

Oct. 7, 2020. Manaswi Saha Honored with Google PhD Fellowship

Recent Projects

HoloSound

2020 – Present

SoundWatch

2018 – Present

Project Sidewalk

2012 – Present

HomeSound

2018 – Present

ARMath

2018 – 2020

PneuFetch

2019 – 2020

AccessVis

2016 – Present

Accessibility-Infused Maps

2016 – Present

See All Projects >

Recent Papers

Examining Visual Semantic Understanding in Blind and Low-Vision Technology Users

Proceedings of CHI 2021 To Appear

Venkatesh Potluri, Tad Grindeland, Jon E. Froehlich, Jennifer Mankoff

What Do We Mean by “Accessibility Research”? A Literature Survey of Accessibility Papers in CHI and ASSETS from 1994 to 2019

Proceedings of CHI 2021 To Appear

Kelly Mack, Emma McDonnell, Dhruv Jain, Lucy Lu Wang, Jon E. Froehlich, Leah Findlater

PDF | Citation | Code

Navigating Graduate School with a Disability: A Trio-Ethnography

Proceedings of ASSETS 2020 | Best Paper Nominee

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

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

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

PDF | doi | Citation • SoundWatch

Urban Accessibility as a Socio-Political Problem: A Multi-Stakeholder Analysis

CSCW 2020

Manaswi Saha, Devanshi Chauhan, Siddhant Patil, Rachel Kangas, Jeffrey Heer, Jon E. Froehlich

PDF | doi | Citation • Project Sidewalk

See All Papers >

Recent Videos

Sound Sensing and Feedback Techniques for d/Deaf and Hard of Hearing Users

ACM ISWC'20 conference talk on Field Study of a Wearable Tactile Device for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Users

YouTube | Paper

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

YouTube | Paper | HoloSound

See All Videos >

Recent Talks

Sound Sensing and Feedback Techniques for d/Deaf and Hard of Hearing Users

Dec. 11, 2020 | UW General exam

Virtual

PDF | PPTX | Video | HoloSound | HomeSound | SoundWatch

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

Oct. 28, 2020 | ASSETS 2020

Virtual

PDF | PPTX | SoundWatch

Evaluating Smartwatch-based Sound Feedback for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Users Across Contexts

May 10, 2020 | CHI 2020

Virtual

PDF | PPTX | SoundWatch

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

See All Talks >

We design, build, and evaluate interactive tools and techniques to address pressing societal challenges in accessibility, sustainability, education, and beyond.