Medical, health, and genomics
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Technology and Empowerment | India
Technology and Empowerment (TEM) is a research umbrella at Microsoft Research India. We build and study socio-technical systems that seek to have a meaningful impact on the daily lives of underserved people and communities.
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Accessible Mixed Reality
This project considers how to design emerging Mixed Reality technologies (including AR and VR) so that they are usable by and useful to people of all abilities. Too often, the accessibility of technology to people…
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Ability
The Ability team conducts research at the intersection of HCI and AI, with the aim of developing innovative technologies that extend the capabilities of and enhance quality of life for people with disabilities (long-term, temporary…
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Rich Representations of Visual Content for Screen Reader Users
Video Figure for CHI 2018 paper on Rich Representations of Visual Content for Screen Reader Users
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Smartphone-Based Gaze Gesture Communication for People with Motor Disabilities
Current eye-tracking input systems for people with ALS or other motor impairments are expensive, not robust under sunlight, and require frequent re-calibration and substantial, relatively immobile setups. Eye-gaze transfer (e-tran) boards, a low-tech alternative, are…
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AI Fairness and Disability
This project examines issues around AI FATE (Fairness, Accountability, Transparency, and Ethics) and Responsible AI, with a particular focus on how AI systems impact people with disabilities. This includes ensuring that mainstream AI tools are…
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Augmentative and Alternative Communication
ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) is a degenerative neuromuscular disease; people with late-stage ALS typically retain cognitive function, but lose the motor ability to speak, relying on gaze-controlled AAC (augmentative and alternative communication) devices for interpersonal…
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Voicesetting: Voice Authoring UIs for Improved Expressivity in Augmentative Communication
Video figure for CHI 2018 paper
