WebInSight: Making web images accessible

by
Jeff Bigham and Ryan Kaminsky

A defining characteristic of the web is its multimedia environment, but such content poses a number of problems for those using devices incapable of displaying rich content, such as screen readers and small-screen devices. In this talk, we will first discuss results from a study we conducted to gauge the extent to which webpages are following W3C standards for web accessibility. Next, we will present a novel system called WebInSight that helps overcome the observed problem by automatically assigning web images labels gathered through the coordination of image captioning services and user labelling requests.

Discussion will follow the talk.

CSE 403
Wednesday
March 29, 2006
9:30 - 10:20 pm