Daedalus in the Dark: Designing for Non-Visual Accessible Construction of Laser-Cut Architecture

Ruei Che Chang; Chih An Tsao; Fang Ying Liao; Seraphina Yong; Tom Yeh; Bing Yu Chen

doi:10.1145/3472749.3474754

Daedalus in the Dark: Designing for Non-Visual Accessible Construction of Laser-Cut Architecture

Ruei Che Chang, Chih An Tsao, Fang Ying Liao, Seraphina Yong, Tom Yeh, Bing Yu Chen

Department of Psychology

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Abstract

Design tools and research regarding laser-cut architectures have been widely explored in the past decade. However, such discussion has mostly revolved around technical and structural design questions instead of another essential element of laser-cut models - assembly - a process that relies heavily on components' visual affordance, therefore less accessible to blind or low vision (BLV) people. To narrow the gap in this area, we co-designed with 7 BLV people to examine their assembly experience with different laser-cut architectures. From their feedback, we proposed several design heuristics and guidelines for Daedalus, a generative design tool that can produce tactile aids for laser-cut assembly given a few high-level manual inputs. We validate the proposed aids in a user study with 8 new BLV participants. Our results revealed that BLV users can manage laser-cut assembly more efficiently with Daedalus. Going forth from this design iteration, we discuss implications for future research on accessible laser-cut assembly.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	UIST 2021 - Proceedings of the 34th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery, Inc
Pages	344-358
Number of pages	15
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450386357
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3472749.3474754
State	Published - 10 Oct 2021
Event	34th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology, UIST 2021 - Virtual, Online, United States Duration: 10 Oct 2021 → 14 Oct 2021

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Name	UIST 2021 - Proceedings of the 34th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology

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Conference	34th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology, UIST 2021
Country/Territory	United States
City	Virtual, Online
Period	10/10/21 → 14/10/21

Keywords

Accessibility
Assembly
Assistive Technology
Fabrication
Laser Cutting
Prototyping
User-centered Design

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Chang, R. C., Tsao, C. A., Liao, F. Y., Yong, S., Yeh, T., & Chen, B. Y. (2021). Daedalus in the Dark: Designing for Non-Visual Accessible Construction of Laser-Cut Architecture. In UIST 2021 - Proceedings of the 34th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (pp. 344-358). (UIST 2021 - Proceedings of the 34th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology). Association for Computing Machinery, Inc. https://doi.org/10.1145/3472749.3474754

Chang, Ruei Che ; Tsao, Chih An ; Liao, Fang Ying et al. / Daedalus in the Dark : Designing for Non-Visual Accessible Construction of Laser-Cut Architecture. UIST 2021 - Proceedings of the 34th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology. Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, 2021. pp. 344-358 (UIST 2021 - Proceedings of the 34th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology).

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Chang, RC, Tsao, CA, Liao, FY, Yong, S, Yeh, T & Chen, BY 2021, Daedalus in the Dark: Designing for Non-Visual Accessible Construction of Laser-Cut Architecture. in UIST 2021 - Proceedings of the 34th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology. UIST 2021 - Proceedings of the 34th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology, Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, pp. 344-358, 34th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology, UIST 2021, Virtual, Online, United States, 10/10/21. https://doi.org/10.1145/3472749.3474754

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Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

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Chang RC, Tsao CA, Liao FY, Yong S, Yeh T, Chen BY. Daedalus in the Dark: Designing for Non-Visual Accessible Construction of Laser-Cut Architecture. In UIST 2021 - Proceedings of the 34th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology. Association for Computing Machinery, Inc. 2021. p. 344-358. (UIST 2021 - Proceedings of the 34th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology). doi: 10.1145/3472749.3474754

Daedalus in the Dark: Designing for Non-Visual Accessible Construction of Laser-Cut Architecture

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