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  • A person wearing an orange apron sautees salmon in a skillet.

    Accessing Recipe Information Without Looking

    NEWS

    SCS researchers interviewed home cooks who are either totally or legally blind and cooking instructors at a vision rehabilitation center to better understand how people with low or no visi...

  • A deep pink box shows the outline of a robot's head with a dialogue box above it, while a lighter pink box contains a drawing of two people talking with a question mark above their heads.

    People With Autism Turn to ChatGPT for Advice on Workplace Issues

    NEWS

    A new study shows that many people with autism embrace ChatGPT and similar AI tools for help and advice as they confront problems in their workplaces. But does that use of AI make sense?Im...

  • A drawing of a smiling robot with open arms wearing a sign that says "Caution, pedestrian cross" set against a real background of an urban crosswalk pedestrians and a dog are trying to use.

    Robots Could Clear Snow, Assist at Crosswalks, Monitor Sidewalks for Traffic

    NEWS

    HCII researchers have found that when roboticists and people with disabilities collaborate on robot designs, they generate interesting ideas that could make existing robots more accessible...

  • Vivian facilitating a demo at UIST 2023. [This image is from the official ACM UIST photo album]

    HCII at UIST 2023

    NEWS

    The 2023 ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST) was held in San Francisco, California from October 29 to November 1, 2023. ...

  • Data Navigator provides visualization toolkits with rich, accessible navigation structures, robust input handling, and flexible, semantic rendering.

    Data Navigator

    PROJECT

    Data Navigator is a JavaScript library that allows for navigation of data structures. Data Navigator makes png, svg, canvas, and even webgl graphics acces...

  • A before and after that shows a data visualization's screen reader semantics have been improved.

    Chartability

    PROJECT

    Chartability is a set of heuristics (testable questions) for ensuring that data visualizations, systems, and interfaces are accessible. Chartability is or...

  • Brad Myers shakes Raelin Musuraca's hand as she walks back to her seat after winning an award

    HCII at SCS Founders Day 2022

    NEWS

    Several of our Human-Computer Interaction Institute colleagues were recognized at the SCS Founders Day Awards ceremony on Tuesday, April 5, 2022, in Rashid Auditorium. The annual SCS Found...

  • collage of 4 faculty: Bigham, Carrington, Ogan, Holstein

    HCII Researchers To Study Improving Algorithm, Computer Science Education as Part of CERES Network

    NEWS

    Researchers in Carnegie Mellon University's Human Computer Interaction Institute will collaborate with institutions around the world to tailor digital technologies to help children and fam...

  • 2 side by side photos of an HCII PostDoc and PhD student with the SpokeSense prototype at the NWBA basketball tournament

    SpokeSense

    PROJECT

    A Wearable Fitness Tracker for Wheelchair Athletes Information provided by traditional fitness trackers is not always relevant to athletes of all abiliti...

  • Demonstration of VizLens app

    VizLens

    PROJECT

    VizLens: A Robust and Interactive Screen Reader for Interfaces in the Real World The world is full of physical interfaces that are inaccessible to blind ...