Quick Info
Project Date
Jan. 15, 2018 - Present
PIs:
Leah Findlater (PI)
Jon E. Froehlich (Co-PI)
Sponsors:
NSF
Keywords:
accessibility,
deaf,
deaf and hard of hearing,
smarthome
News

Aug 18, 2021 | Jon
Congratulations to Dhruv Jain who was selected for the prestigious Microsoft Research Dissertation Grant for his work on “Sound Sensing and Feedback Techniques for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Users.” The MSR Dissertationg Grant aims to "increase the pipeline of diverse talent receiving advanced degrees in computing-related fields by providing a research funding opportunity for doctoral students who are underrepresented in the field of computing." Read more on the Allen School news page.
Congratulations to Dhruv Jain who was selected for the Google-CMD-IT LEAP Alliance Fellowship. CMD-IT stands for the Center for Minorities and People with Disabilities in IT and is dedicated to "promoting innovation that enriches, enhances, and enables our target communities, such that more equitable and sustainable contributions are possible by all communities."

Dec 11, 2020 | Jon
It's my pleasure to announce that Dhruv Jain passed his General Exam entitled Sound Sensing & Feedback Techniques for d/Deaf & Hard of Hearing Users: A Dissertation Proposal. His dissertation work was thoughtfully presented, well rehearsed, and even included two live demos (of HomeSound and of SoundWatch). Congrats DJ! Thanks also to the wonderful committee, including co-chair Professor Findlater and fellow committee members Professors Mankoff, Ladner, Wobbrock, and Bigham—literally an all-star cast of HCI+accessibility experts. You can download the slides here or watch the whole thing on YouTube! A few screenshots of the talk (all but the presenter + interpreters had video off):
About

Smarthome sound awareness prototype
One of the three smarthome sound awareness prototypes we explored via a wizard-of-oz study
Publications
Talks
March 12, 2021 | Carnegie Mellon University, HCII Lecture
Virtual
PDF | PPTX | HoloSound | HomeSound | SoundWatch
Feb. 18, 2021 | UW Speech and Hearing Center
Virtual
PDF | PPTX | HoloSound | HomeSound | SoundWatch
Dec. 11, 2020 | UW General exam
Virtual
Nov. 13, 2019 | UW Qualifying exams
University of Washington
May 10, 2019 | CHI 2019
Glasgow, UK
Project Members

Leah Findlater
May 2018 - Present
Associate Professor
HCDE
University of Washington
HandSight | Touchscreen Accessibility | SoundWatch


Dhruv Jain
Sep 2018 - Present
PhD Student
Computer Science
University of Washington
SoundWatch | AR Captioning | Accessibility Literature Survey

Kelly Mack
Aug 2019 - Present
PhD Student
Computer Science
University of Washington
Accessibility Literature Survey | HomeSound