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ArticleProceedings of the 17th International Web for All Conference2020

A Saliency-driven Video Magnifier for People with Low Vision.

Ali Selman Aydin, Shirin Feiz, Vikas Ashok, I V Ramakrishnan

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Article in Proceedings of the 17th International Web for All Conference, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Ali Selman AydinDepartment of Computer Science, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA.
Shirin FeizDepartment of Computer Science, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA.
Vikas AshokDepartment of Computer Science, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, USA.
I V RamakrishnanDepartment of Computer Science, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA.
Stony Brook University · USDominion University College · GH

Funding

Semantics-Preserving Virtualization: A Computing System Framework to Run Any Screen Reader on Any Device with Easy CustomizationR01EY026621 · NEI · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI PORTER, DONALD ELLIOTT · 2016 to 2018
$952k
NEI NIH HHS R01 EY026621
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Consuming video content poses significant challenges for many screen magnifier users, which is the "go to" assistive technology for people with low vision. While screen magnifier software could be used to achieve a zoom factor that would make the content of the video visible to low-vision users, it is oftentimes a major challenge for these users to navigate through videos. Towards making videos more accessible for low-vision users, we have developed the SViM video magnifier system [6]. Specifically, SViM consists of three different magnifier interfaces with easy-to-use means of interactions. All three interfaces are driven by visual saliency as a guided signal, which provides a quantification of interestingness at the pixel-level. Saliency information, which is provided as a heatmap is then processed to obtain distinct regions of interest. These regions of interests are tracked over time and displayed using an easy-to-use interface. We present a description of our overall design and interfaces.

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Screen magnifier usersvideo accessibility

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PMID34337615
PMCPMC8319856
OpenAlexW3022927978

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