TY - GEN
T1 - Prioritizing Aesthetic Touch
T2 - 25th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility, ASSETS 2023
AU - Koseff, Stefanie Malina
AU - Johnston, Daniel Ryan
AU - Kleege, Georgina
AU - Fleet, Chancey
AU - Fogle-Hatch, Cheryl
AU - Race, Lauren
AU - Hurst, Amy
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 Owner/Author.
PY - 2023/10/22
Y1 - 2023/10/22
N2 - A lack of accessible exhibitions for Blind and low-vision (BLV) visitors in art museums and historical sites is a barrier to equitable participation. The design and fabrication of accessible materials can be time-consuming and expensive for many institutions. We describe our work using digital embroidery machines to interpret historical textiles to provide accessible interpretations for BLV museum visitors and tactile learners. Our work focuses on designing solutions that that are informative, durable, and enjoyable to touch, while affordable to produce. Through a collaborative design process with tactile graphics experts in museums we create prototypes of historical textiles that meet these criteria. We describe our design process and offer fabrication guidelines for patterns and materials.
AB - A lack of accessible exhibitions for Blind and low-vision (BLV) visitors in art museums and historical sites is a barrier to equitable participation. The design and fabrication of accessible materials can be time-consuming and expensive for many institutions. We describe our work using digital embroidery machines to interpret historical textiles to provide accessible interpretations for BLV museum visitors and tactile learners. Our work focuses on designing solutions that that are informative, durable, and enjoyable to touch, while affordable to produce. Through a collaborative design process with tactile graphics experts in museums we create prototypes of historical textiles that meet these criteria. We describe our design process and offer fabrication guidelines for patterns and materials.
KW - Accessibility
KW - Blindness and Low Vision
KW - Digital Fabrication
KW - Tactile Graphics
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U2 - 10.1145/3597638.3614477
DO - 10.1145/3597638.3614477
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85177848192
T3 - ASSETS 2023 - Proceedings of the 25th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility
BT - ASSETS 2023 - Proceedings of the 25th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility
PB - Association for Computing Machinery, Inc
Y2 - 23 October 2023 through 25 October 2023
ER -