Li, Franklin Mingzhe; Zhang, Lotus; Bandukda, Maryam; Stangl, Abigale; Shinohara, Kristen; Findlater, Leah; Carrington, Patrick; (2023) Understanding Visual Arts Experiences of Blind People. In: Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. (pp. pp. 1-21). ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

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Abstract

Visual arts play an important role in cultural life and provide access to social heritage and self-enrichment, but most visual arts are inaccessible to blind people. Researchers have explored different ways to enhance blind people’s access to visual arts (e.g., audio descriptions, tactile graphics). However, how blind people adopt these methods remains unknown. We conducted semi-structured interviews with 15 blind visual arts patrons to understand how they engage with visual artwork and the factors that influence their adoption of visual arts access methods. We further examined interview insights in a follow-up survey (N=220). We present: 1) current practices and challenges of accessing visual artwork in-person and online (e.g., Zoom tour), 2) motivation and cognition of perceiving visual arts (e.g., imagination), and 3) implications for designing visual arts access methods. Overall, our findings provide a roadmap for technology-based support for blind people’s visual arts experiences. Skip Supplemental Material Section

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