I’m excited to share work with collaborators Cindy Bennet and Erin Brady on theorizing Interdependence as a new frame for designing assistive technologies. Additionally, my PhD mentee, Ali Abdolrahmani, will be presenting work with Ravi Kuber and myself on the prospects of personal assistants that leverage voice-user interfaces (think: Amazon Echo) to provide increased access to the blind community. We’ll see you in Ireland at ASSETS 2018!

• Bennett, C., Brady, E., Branham, S.M. “Interdependence as a Frame for Assistive Technology Research and Design.” In Proceedings of the ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers & Accessibility (ASSETS ’18), Galway, Ireland, October 22-24, 2018. 10 pages. forthcoming
• Abdolrahmani, A., Kuber, R., Branham, S.M. “‘Siri Talks at You’”: An Empirical Investigation of Voice Activated Personal Assistant (VAPA) Usage by Individuals Who are Blind.”  In Proceedings of the ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers & Accessibility (ASSETS ’18), Galway, Ireland, October 22-24, 2018. 10 pages. forthcoming