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Overview

The AHCC program is fully designed for deaf, hard of hearing, and hearing individuals seeking specialized academic training in designing, evaluating, and implementing effective evidence-based accessible design and evaluation strategies and messages to address the accessibility needs of diverse audiences.

The AHCC program offers a Website and Information Accessibility Evaluation Service.

Areas of Study

Graduate

M.S. in Accessible Human-Centered Computing

The Master of Science in Accessible Human-Centered Computing is designed for deaf, hard of hearing and hearing individuals seeking specialized academic training in designing, evaluating, and implementing effective, evidence-based accessible...

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Our Service

Our Service

The AHCC team, composed of experienced faculty, staff, and students, will conduct a thorough evaluation of your website’s accessibility. We will work closely with you to understand your needs and select a representative sample of your site or application. Our evaluation focuses on the latest Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2, published on October 5, 2023, with a special emphasis on the needs of Deaf, Deaf Blind, Hard of Hearing, and Low Vision users.

Faculty and Staff

Raja Kushalnagar

Professor

Christian Vogler

Professor

Abraham Glasser

Assistant Professor

Information

Publications

How Users Experience Closed Captions on Live Television Quality Metrics Remain a Challenge

  • Author(s): Mariana Arroyo Chavez, Molly Feanny, Matthew Seita, Bernard Thompson, Keith Delk, Skyler Officer, Abraham Glasser, Raja Kushalnagar, and Christian Vogler
  • Published: May 11–16, 2024
  • Journal: Proceedings of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
  • DOI: 10.1145/3613904.3641988

Assessment of Sign Language-Based versus Touch-Based Input for Deaf Users

  • Author(s): Nina Tran, Paige S Devries, Matthew Seita, Raja Kushalnagar, Abraham Glasser, and Christian Vogler
  • Published: May 11–16, 2024
  • Journal: Proceedings of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
  • DOI: 10.1145/3613904.3642094

Sign Language vs. Touch Input for Deaf Users with IPAs in Simulated Kitchen Environments

  • Author(s): Paige Devries, Nina Tran, Keith Delk, Melanie Miga, Richard Taulbee, Pranav Pidathala, Abraham Glasser, Raja Kushalnagar, and Christian Vogler
  • Published: May 11–16, 2024
  • Journal: Extended Abstracts of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
  • DOI: 10.1145/3613905.3651075

Co-Creating Access: Autoethnography on Communication in Mixed-Hearing Higher Education

  • Author(s): Si Chen and James Waller, Matthew Seita, Christian Vogler, Raja Kushalnagar, Qi Wang
  • Published: May 11–16, 2024
  • Journal: Proceedings of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
  • DOI: 10.1145/3613904.3642017

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