Beyond Accessibility: Lifting Perceptual Limitations for Everyone

TL;DR

This paper explores how accessibility research can develop technologies that enhance perception for all users, demonstrated through three case studies addressing visual and hearing impairments.

Contribution

It introduces novel approaches for augmenting perception in both impaired and unimpaired individuals, expanding accessibility research beyond traditional boundaries.

Findings

Effective methods for aiding impaired colour vision

Techniques for improving perception under visual impairments

Solutions for situational hearing impairments

Abstract

We propose that accessibility research can lay the foundation for technology that can be used to augment the perception of everyone. To show how this can be achieved, we present three case studies of our research in which we demonstrate our approaches for impaired colour vision, situational visual impairments and situational hearing impairment.