Identifying Crucial Objects in Blind and Low-Vision Individuals' Navigation

Md Touhidul Islam; Imran Kabir; Elena Ariel Pearce; Md Alimoor Reza; Syed Masum Billah

doi:10.1145/3663548.3688538

Identifying Crucial Objects in Blind and Low-Vision Individuals' Navigation

Md Touhidul Islam
, Imran Kabir
, Elena Ariel Pearce
, Md Alimoor Reza
, Syed Masum Billah

College of Information Sciences and Technology

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Abstract

This paper presents a curated list of 90 objects essential for the navigation of blind and low-vision (BLV) individuals, encompassing road, sidewalk, and indoor environments. We develop the initial list by analyzing 21 publicly available videos featuring BLV individuals navigating various settings. Then, we refne the list through feedback from a focus group study involving blind, low-vision, and sighted companions of BLV individuals. A subsequent analysis reveals that most contemporary datasets used to train recent computer vision models contain only a small subset of the objects in our proposed list. Furthermore, we provide detailed object labeling for these 90 objects across 31 video segments derived from the original 21 videos. Finally, we make the object list, the 21 videos, and object labeling in the 31 video segments publicly available. This paper aims to fll the existing gap and foster the development of more inclusive and efective navigation aids for the BLV community.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	ASSETS 2024 - Proceedings of the 26th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery, Inc
ISBN (Electronic)	9798400706776
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3663548.3688538
State	Published - Oct 27 2024
Event	26th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility, ASSETS 2024 - St. John's, United States Duration: Oct 28 2024 → Oct 30 2024

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Name	ASSETS 2024 - Proceedings of the 26th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

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Conference	26th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility, ASSETS 2024
Country/Territory	United States
City	St. John's
Period	10/28/24 → 10/30/24

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Human-Computer Interaction
Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design
Computer Networks and Communications
Hardware and Architecture

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Islam, M. T., Kabir, I., Pearce, E. A., Reza, M. A., & Billah, S. M. (2024). Identifying Crucial Objects in Blind and Low-Vision Individuals' Navigation. In ASSETS 2024 - Proceedings of the 26th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility Article 80 (ASSETS 2024 - Proceedings of the 26th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility). Association for Computing Machinery, Inc. https://doi.org/10.1145/3663548.3688538

Islam, Md Touhidul ; Kabir, Imran ; Pearce, Elena Ariel et al. / Identifying Crucial Objects in Blind and Low-Vision Individuals' Navigation. ASSETS 2024 - Proceedings of the 26th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility. Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, 2024. (ASSETS 2024 - Proceedings of the 26th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility).

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Islam, MT, Kabir, I, Pearce, EA, Reza, MA & Billah, SM 2024, Identifying Crucial Objects in Blind and Low-Vision Individuals' Navigation. in ASSETS 2024 - Proceedings of the 26th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility., 80, ASSETS 2024 - Proceedings of the 26th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility, Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, 26th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility, ASSETS 2024, St. John's, United States, 10/28/24. https://doi.org/10.1145/3663548.3688538

Identifying Crucial Objects in Blind and Low-Vision Individuals' Navigation. / Islam, Md Touhidul; Kabir, Imran; Pearce, Elena Ariel et al.
ASSETS 2024 - Proceedings of the 26th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility. Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, 2024. 80 (ASSETS 2024 - Proceedings of the 26th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility).

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Islam MT, Kabir I, Pearce EA, Reza MA, Billah SM. Identifying Crucial Objects in Blind and Low-Vision Individuals' Navigation. In ASSETS 2024 - Proceedings of the 26th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility. Association for Computing Machinery, Inc. 2024. 80. (ASSETS 2024 - Proceedings of the 26th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility). doi: 10.1145/3663548.3688538

Identifying Crucial Objects in Blind and Low-Vision Individuals' Navigation

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