Publications by authors named "Charity Pitcher-Cooper"
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- - The You Described, We Archived (YuWA) dataset is a project by San Francisco State University and The Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute, gathering audio description data globally from 2013-2022 through the YouDescribe tool, aimed at making YouTube videos accessible for blind and visually impaired viewers.
- - YouDescribe allows users to request and create audio descriptions for YouTube videos, supported by a community of over 3,000 volunteers who script and record descriptions, resulting in over 5,500 audio described videos.
- - The YuWA dataset, which includes audio descriptions along with metadata about describers and viewers, can be used for research in areas like AI, machine learning, and sociolinguistics, enhancing
This study evaluated the impact the Tactile Maps Automated Production (TMAP) system has had on its blind and visually impaired (BVI) and Orientation and Mobility (O&M) users and obtained suggestions for improvement. A semi-structured interview was performed with six BVI and seven O&M TMAP users who had printed or ordered two or more TMAPs in the last year. The number of maps downloaded from the online TMAP generation platform was also reviewed for each participant.
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