BLV Children's Story Creation
2026 – Present
Arnavi Chheda-Kothary
PhD Student, Computer Science
University of Washington
Arnavi Chheda-Kothary is currently a PhD Student in the Makeability Lab. Arnavi has been in the lab for 3.1 years. They contributed to 3 projects: AltGeoViz, ArtInsight, and BLV Children's Story Creation, as well as 7 publications. During their time in the lab, Arnavi mentored 2 Makeability Lab students: Kevin Xiao and Chris Sanders.
Projects (3/3)
Papers (6/7)
Opportunities for AI-Enhanced Visual Story Creation by Blind and Low-Vision Children
Proceedings of ASSETS 2026 To Appear | Acceptance Rate: 30.2% (102 / 338)
Deploying an AI-Powered Mobile Tool to Support Connection Through Creative Visual Interpretation in Mixed Visual-Ability Families
Proceedings of MobileHCI 2026 | Acceptance Rate: 37.8% (70 / 185)
GeoVisA11y: An AI-based Geovisualization Question-Answering System for Screen-Reader Users
Proceedings of CHI 2026
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Acceptance Rate: 25.3% (1705 / 6730)
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Best Paper Award
A Demo of GeoQA3 : Towards An Accessible AI-based Question-Answering System for Geoanalytics
Demo Proceedings of ASSETS 2025
ArtInsight: Enabling AI-Powered Artwork Engagement for Mixed Visual-Ability Families
Proceedings of IUI 2025 | Acceptance Rate: 25.1% (97 / 387)
Engaging with Children’s Artwork in Mixed Visual-Ability Families
Proceedings of ASSETS 2024
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Acceptance Rate: 30.0% (67 / 223)
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Best Paper Award