The web can feel like an endless stream of fragmented information, with the complex connections between ideas remaining hard to grasp. What if we could make these invisible relationships tangible, explorable, and intuitive for everyone?
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Discover TOMAT Navigator, an open-source assistive device co-designed with visually impaired users, at CRIR-INLB 2025. Learn about its features, participatory design process, and future vision. Register now or watch the recording!
TOMAT navigator at 2025 CRIR-INLB Conference! Read More »
Our latest Assistive Technology article introduces TOMAT Navigator, an open-source audio-tactile system co-designed to enhance screen reader usability. Read more & access the tools!
New publication: Codesign of TOMAT navigator Read More »
Designing with people with visual impairments challenges us to rethink how we listen, adapt, and build tools that belong to their users. Here’s what co-designing TOMAT Navigator with visually impaired communities taught us about participatory design—and why it matters for everyone.
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The path to meaningful work is open 2025-03-05 Feeling stuck? You’re not alone. You’re talented, capable, and eager to contribute—but lately, your work feels hollow. Maybe you’re grinding through soulless projects just to pad your portfolio, or stuck in a cycle of unstable gigs that pay the bills but drain your purpose. You crave work
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From the way we gesture while speaking to how we instinctively reach out to steady ourselves, our physicality shapes every interaction. Embodied technology leans into this reality, creating tools that align with—not fight against—our innate ways of moving, sensing, and being.
Embodied technology: designing tools that honor our human nature Read More »
Our latest article in the International Journal of Recent Engineering Science explores assistive technologies for web navigation, analyzing screen reader usability, design strategies, and ongoing challenges. Read the open-access study now!
New publication: Review of screen reader solutions Read More »
Imagine walking into a room and seeing a chair. Without thinking, you know you can sit on it. That’s an affordance in action—a design feature that intuitively communicates how something should be used.
Affordances: the secret ingredient to designing technology that just makes sense Read More »
Designing with individuals who have cognitive impairments—such as autism, ADHD, traumatic brain injuries (TBI), or intellectual disabilities—is not just about creating tools; it’s about fostering connection, understanding, and empowerment. No two cognitive profiles are the same, and a rigid, one-size-fits-all approach often falls short. Participatory design, when thoughtfully tailored to the unique needs and capabilities of users, becomes a powerful way to create solutions that truly resonate.
Non-Visual Internet Navigation – Codesign & Experimental Process of the TOMAT Navigator Assistive Device
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