The Dilemma of Building Do-It-Yourself (DIY) Solutions For Workplace Accessibility

要旨

Existing commercial and in-house software development tools are often inaccessible to blind and low vision software professionals (BLVSPs), hindering their participation and career growth at work. Building on existing research on Do-It-Yourself (DIY) assistive technologies and customized tools made by programmers, we shed light on the currently unexplored intersection of how DIY tools built and used by BLVSPs support accessible software development. Through semi-structured interviews with 30 BLVSPs, we found that such tools serve many different purposes and are driven by motivations such as desiring to maintain a professional image and a sense of dignity at work. These tools had significant impacts on workplace accessibility and revealed a need for a more centralized community for sharing tools, tips, and tricks. Based on our findings, we introduce the "Double Hacker Dilemma" and highlight a need for developing more effective peer and organizational platforms that support DIY tool sharing.

受賞
Honorable Mention
著者
Yoonha Cha
University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California, United States
Victoria Jackson
University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California, United States
Karina Kohl
UFRGS, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Rafael Prikladnicki
PUC-RS, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
André van der Hoek
University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States
Stacy Branham
University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California, United States
DOI

10.1145/3706598.3713302

論文URL

https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3706598.3713302

動画

会議: CHI 2025

The ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (https://chi2025.acm.org/)

セッション: Accessibility 2

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2025-05-01 01:20:00
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