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“Is Someone There?
Do They Have a Gun?”How Visual Information About Others Can Improve
Personal Safety Management for Blind Individuals
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Stacy Branham
@branhammertim
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People who are blind are concerned about
interpersonal safety.
Yet, there has been little attention in research
and industry to assistive safety devices.
Let’s tackle Personal Safety Management
together with a universal design lens.
Motivation
Survey - what info about ppl do blind want?
Interviews - how do blind manage safety?
Discussion & Provocations
MotivationSurvey
InterviewsDiscussion
Motivation
Survey - what info about ppl do blind want?
Interviews - how do blind manage safety?
Discussion & Provocations
MotivationSurvey
InterviewsDiscussion
MotivationSurvey
InterviewsDiscussion
(CHI 17, ASSETS 16, CHI 16, ASSETS 15, ASSETS 14)
Motivation
landmark
detection &
turn-by-turn
• in our prior work…
• picture of navigation route that moves the infrastructure to the
foreground, then moves other people to the foreground
Motivation
people?
What (if anything) do people
who are blind want to know
about nearby people?
Motivation
Survey
Interviews
Discussion & provocations
MotivationSurvey
InterviewsDiscussion
Survey
- 58 blind part.
- open/closed Q’s
- info about ppl?
Survey
“I would like to know immediately when a
person enters or exits a room, or my
bubble. This is imperative as a blind
individual, in case of .” –SP41 safetycriminal record
“If they had a
—SP43
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Harrell, E. (2017) Bureau of Justice Statistics. “Crimes Against Persons with Disabilities, 2009-2015 - Statistical Tables.”
people with
disabilities
are
more
likely to be
victims of
violent crime
people who are blind are
more likely to be victims of violent crime
Harrell, E. (2017) Bureau of Justice Statistics. “Crimes Against Persons with Disabilities, 2009-2015 - Statistical Tables.”
Interpersonal Safety
Survey
e.g., (Zolyomi et al., 2017)
e.g., (Branham & Kane, 2015) e.g., (Rector et al., 2015)
e.g., (Abdolrahmani et al., 2016)
Env. Safety &
Obstacle
AvoidanceEmergency
Services & Alarms
Health-Risk
Mediation
Device-
Oriented Safety
What is AT doing for
Physical Safety?
What about
Interpersonal Safety?
e.g., (Zolyomi et al., 2017)
e.g., (Branham & Kane, 2015) e.g., (Rector et al., 2015)
e.g., (Abdolrahmani et al., 2016)
Env. Safety &
Obstacle
AvoidanceEmergency
Services & Alarms
Health-Risk
Mediation
Device-
Oriented Safety
Interpersonal
Safety
Motivation
Survey
Interviews
Discussion & provocations
MotivationSurvey
InterviewsDiscussion
What interpersonal safety
concerns do people who
are blind have, and what
strategies do/can they use to
increase their safety?
What (if anything) do people
who are blind want to know
about nearby people?
Interpersonal
Safety
- 10 blind part.
- semi-structured
- info about ppl?
Interviews
Interviews
“The majority of people
whom I interact with ...
will not come toward
me, thinking that my
would be
.”
–IP7aggressive
dog
A.T. ALREADY IMPACTS SAFETY
“I thought he worked
at the train station …
and it turns out he’s
that hangs out.” –IP8 just a guy
IT’S A CHALLENGE TO
I.D. POLICE / OFFICIALS
Interviews
Interviews
“Even if I get threatened
or harassed in such
situations, I cannot
the person
to .” –IP8authoritiesdescribe DESCRIBING
A CRIMINAL /
CRIME SCENE
IS IMPORTANT
Interviews
“ people may be
mysterious and .”
–IP3spooky
Quiet
SILENT PEOPLE POSE
UNKNOWN THREATS
Interviews
“I suddenly heard, ‘HE’S
GOT A ’ … if I
had seen
expressions, I … might
have been able to take a
from that.” –IP3
facialGUN!
cue
NEED TO ASSESS
THREATS & ESCAPE
Motivation
Survey
Interviews
Discussion & provocations
MotivationSurvey
InterviewsDiscussion
Discussion
Is someone there?
Do they
have a gun?
Are they big?
Are they mad?
Are they in uniform?
Where’re the police?
Is their clothing
suspicious?
What’s their gender?
DiscussionWhich direction are
they facing?
How far away
form me are they?
Are they
looking at me?
How
many?
Personal Safety Management
Discussion
walking alone at
night is scary
BrailleSketch (Li et al., 2017) Non-observable Authentication (Wolf & Kuber, 2016)
DiscussionMotivation
SurveyInterviews
(Bigham et al., 2017)
DiscussionMotivation
SurveyInterviews
Technology-Mediated Sight (Zolyomi et al., 2017)
DiscussionMotivation
SurveyInterviews
(Madjaroff & Mentis, 2017)
DiscussionMotivation
SurveyInterviews
How do we support
Personal Safety Management
in a way that is respectful of
privacy of others?
we need to address interpersonal safety
universal, important, especially for PWD
Personal Safety Management
thank you
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Stacy Branham
@branhammertime
Amy
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William
Easley
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