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Microsoft has a secret garage where lots of amazing things are thought up, and few escape into the public realm. One recent Microsoft Garage app is the PRESENTATION TRANSLATOR . The add-in is really multiple parts; powered by the “Microsoft Translator Live Feature”, part PowerPoint add-in, part mobile app, and part 3-things-in-1, this add-in has a lot to offer a lot of different people.

At its core, the Presentation Translator is an add-in from Microsoft that is designed to help presenters communicate with audience members who speak a different language, or may be deaf/hard of hearing. It does slide translation as automatic narration, live subtitling, and interactive live translation using mobile devices. While not perfect, it is impressive, and fun to use.

To install you need to download direct from the Microsoft Garage webpage here (no Office Store install option yet). 

Live subtitling , one of the key features, allows the presenter to speak in 1 of 10 spoken languages while the add-in creates real-time, live subtitles translated into one of more than 60 text translation languages. The customized speech recognition feature uses the slide content to learn your language, helping ensure proper translation.

To start the live subtitles, go to the Slide Show tab and select Start Subtitles .

Click Accept to agree to the terms of use.

Walk through the overview by clicking Next until you reach the settings options. Select the speaking language and the subtitle display language. Check Customize speech recognition if you would like to use this feature, and select your microphone device.

You can also enter a presenter name, select subtitle locations, log in for authentication settings, and turn on or off the optional instructional slide by clicking Additional settings . When finished with all settings, click Next . Once loaded, your presentation will begin and subtitles will appear in the location you selected.

Here is one of our sample slides with the sentence “The Live Subtitles feature translates spoken content into subtitles” translated into English, French, German, and Spanish subtitles.

Personal Translation : Through the add-in and corresponding mobile app, the audience members can also use a custom code to access personal translations, allowing them to follow along and communicate in their own language. The add-in also translates audience questions during an unmuted Q&A. If the audience members don’t speak one of the ten spoken languages, they can use one of the 60+ text based languages. In turn, those who are deaf or hard of hearing can more easily follow along with the presentation.

To use this feature, you will need to download the Microsoft Translator app on your mobile device and follow instructions provided during the presentation.

Presentation Content Translation : the add-in also offers a tool to translate an entire presentation, while still maintaining formatting. See our original example here, in English.

To translate the content, go to the Slide Show tab and select Translate Slides

Select the current, slide language and the new language to translate to and click Translate Slides

Locate the folder you would like to save the translated version in, rename if desired, and click Save . Note the by default, an abbreviation of the new language is added to the end of the filename.

A new file will open with all content translated while still maintaining the original formatting. Here is our example after being translated to French, German and Spanish.

For some layouts, reformatting may be necessary to best display the translated content. For example, here is a slide that features large, stacked text of different sizes.

When translated into French, German or Spanish, the length of the words change and cause issues with the content fitting into the existing design. Notice that the word “wrap” may become two lines and some text ends up overlapping or off-slide.

By resizing and moving text, most of these layouts can still function after translation. Here is our French slide before and then after fixing the formatting.

The slide content translation was the feature of most interest to me, and for a standard bullet list style presentation it does a good job. As the examples above show, for more stylized layouts, there is still a lot of layout revision needs. And, because I do not fluently speak or read any of the languages used, I cannot say how accurate the translated text really was. The world is becoming much smaller all the time, and the PowerPoint Translator add-in is making it happen sooner than later.

Five Essential Tools for Translating Your PowerPoint Slides

Whether you need to present to an international audience or share ideas globally, translating your PowerPoint slides is essential. However, manually translating slides one by one can be extremely tedious and time-consuming.

Fortunately, several tools and techniques can streamline the PowerPoint translation process. Here are five essential options to consider:

1. Use PowerPoint’s Built-In Translator

PowerPoint has a built-in translation feature that allows you to quickly translate text selections into over 60 languages.

• Select the text you want to translate
• Go to the Review tab
• Click Translate > choose the target language > click Translate
• The translated text will appear in the PowerPoint translator pane
• Click Insert to add the translated text to the slide

Pros: Quick, easy, integrated into PowerPoint.

Cons: Can only translate one text box at a time. Translation quality varies.

2. Upload to an Online PowerPoint Translation Service

Several online services allow you to upload a PowerPoint file for translation. These services leverage advanced machine translation and professional human translators to handle the entire document efficiently.

Popular options include:

• Pairaphrase

Pros : Fast, affordable, high-quality translations. Maintains original PowerPoint formatting.

Cons : No integration with PowerPoint. Need to download translated file.

3. Use the Google Translate Document Feature

The Google Translate website has an option to translate Word, PowerPoint and PDF documents up to 10MB in size.

• Go to translate.google.com
• Click on the Documents tab
• Upload your PowerPoint file
• Select target language
• Click Translate document

Pros: Free, supports many languages.

Cons: 10MB size limit. Translation quality varies. No PowerPoint integration.

4. Try Presentation Translator Add-in (Windows Only)

Microsoft’s Presentation Translator is a PowerPoint add-in that subtitles your slides as you present. It leverages AI translation to show real-time captions in over 60 languages.

Pros: Real-time translated subtitles. Multilingual audience engagement.

Cons: Windows only. Translates speech, not slides.

5. Use a Professional Translation Agency

For high-stakes presentations, consider having your slides translated by a professional translation agency. They will expertly adapt your PowerPoint for the target culture while preserving design and formatting.

Pros: High quality, nuanced translations. Visuals adapted for local culture.

Cons: More expensive and time-intensive.

The best PowerPoint translation solution depends on your needs. For quick, rough translations, built-in or online machine translation can suffice. But for professional, polished translations, engage a human expert.

By using the right tools and resources, you can easily translate your PowerPoint presentation and share your ideas with audiences worldwide.

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About Presentation Translator

Presentation Translator subtitles your live presentation straight from PowerPoint, and lets your audience join from their own devices using the Translator app or browser.

As you speak, Presentation Translator displays subtitles directly on your PowerPoint presentation.

Up to 100 audience members in the room can follow along with the presentation by downloading the Translator app or joining directly from their browser.

Key Features

• Live subtitling – Speak in any of the supported speech languages and subtitle into any one of the 60+ text translation languages.
• Interactive audience experience – Share a QR or five letter conversation code and your audience can follow along with your presentation, on their own device, in their chosen language.
• Multi-language Q&A – Unmute the audience to allow questions from the audience on their device in any of the supported languages.
• Inclusivity through Accessibility – Help audience members who are deaf or hard of hearing follow the presentation, and participate in the discussion.
• Customised speech recognition – Customise the speech recognition engine using the vocabulary within your slides and slide notes to adapt to jargon, technical terms, and product or place names. Customisation is currently available for English, Chinese, and Spanish.
• Translated presentations with preserved formatting – The “Translate Slides” button allows presenters to translate their whole presentation while preserving its formatting.

How Presentation Translator Works

Presentation Translator for PowerPoint is powered by the Microsoft Translator live feature which lets you have translated chats by starting or joining a conversation from the Translator app. Up to 100 people can chat at once using the  Translator app  or directly from their browser at  http://translate.it .

Tips for Using Presentation Translator

Audio/visual set-up.

Before you get started, you’ll need:

• A working microphone
• PowerPoint for Windows: PC only. Make sure you do not have any Office applications open while Presentation Translator installs. Once installed, the add-in will update automatically each time a new version is published.
• Internet connection: A hard-wired connection is ideal, but a reliable WiFi connection works well also.

How to set up customised content

Depending on what you’re presenting you will probably want to customise how Presentation Translator “understands” your content.

Here are a few tips to set-up CSS:

• Include all relevant content: Don’t forget your presenter notes! Before CSS “learns” your content, the content needs to be present within the slides or slide notes. Full sentences will be used for word contexts, so a full script of your presentation within the slide notes will be useful.
• After you click “Start Subtitling”, a dialogue box will appear to set-up your presentation. Make sure to check the box that says “Personalize speech recognition” so it can customise your presentation speech model. This will take 3 to 5 minutes depending on the length of your presentation.
• Train in advance. Content, notes, and audio logs will be retained by the service for thirty (30) days from last use to support future presentations. You only need to train the system again if you have updated content or it’s past 30 days since the last training.

Microsoft Translator live feature

Now that your audio, visual, and presentation content are ready to go, you can now start presenting! This is where audience participation can play a role – to expand the audience that understands your content, or invite them to comment in real-time in their own language.

Here are a few tips to set-up the Microsoft Translator live feature:

• After you click “Start Subtitling”, a dialogue box will appear to set-up your presentation. Under “Additional Settings”, make sure to check the box that says “Add instructional slide”. This will explain to the audience how they can view subtitles on their own devices.
• The add-in will then insert the instructional slide before the start of your presentation. These instructions will allow your audience to easily join the conversation (up to 500 people!) on their device, in their language.
• You can choose to “unmute” the audience – allow comments directly from their device – or “mute” the audience so your presentation is uninterrupted. You can simply click “Audience Unmuted” towards the end of the presentation for an interactive Q&A session.

More Resources

• Presentation Translator Help & FAQs – Get your questions answered by searching the Help and FAQ section.

Download the App

To start using Presentation Translator for PowerPoint, download both the PowerPoint add-in and the Translator app for an interactive experience.

• Presentation Translator for PowerPoint – Download the add-in (Windows only).
• Translator App – Students can follow along with Presentation Translator in their own language and language learners can have one-on-one translated conversations with teachers using the app.

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How to change your language settings in Microsoft PowerPoint in 3 different ways

• You can change the language in PowerPoint in three different ways to help with editing or translating, or to set your display settings in another language. 
• To change the language settings in PowerPoint for editing purposes, you'll need to access the "Language..." option in the "Tools" tab. 
• To translate text, you can launch the Translator tool instead.
• If you're looking to change the display language, you'll have to change your operating system settings. 
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If you want to change the language in PowerPoint, the presentation program offers you three different options depending on what you need. 

You can change the editing language, which tells PowerPoint how to edit text as you type in your preferred language. This may prove particularly helpful if you've been sent a slideshow to edit that's written in another language. 

You can also select "Translate…" to use the Translator tool on text in real-time, though Microsoft Office notes that this feature is only available for users with an Office 365 subscription, Office 2019 for Mac or Windows. This feature allows you to highlight entire text boxes or individual words and transform your presentation text any of the languages PowerPoint offers. 

Lastly, you change the display language on PowerPoint by altering your operating system's language setting. On a Mac, depending on the language, you may be asked to add input sources.  

None of these options affects the others, so you can have different languages for edits, slide text, and display. Here's how to change all three language settings in PowerPoint.

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1. Open PowerPoint on your Mac or PC. 

2. Click the "Tools" tab on the top menu.

3. Select "Language…" from the dropdown menu.

4 . In the pop-up window that appears, scroll and select a language from the list. 

5. Check the box for "Do not check spelling or grammar" if you don't want PowerPoint to use the language for proofreading. 

6. Click the "Set As Default" button if applicable.

7. Click the "Yes" button to proceed.

How to use the PowerPoint Translator Tool for text

1. Open PowerPoint and click "Tools."  

2. Choose "Translate..." from the dropdown menu. 

3 . The "Translator" window on the right side of your presentation screen will open. 

4. Click a text box that you'd like to translate. The text will appear in the white box in the Translator window. 

5. Select a language from the "To:" dropdown menu. The translated text will appear in the blue box below.

6. Click "Insert" to insert that translated text in a new text box on the slide. You can then move the text box and resize it as needed.

7. You can also highlight individual words or sentences with different translations appearing below the blue box, depending on the context. Click the three dots to view a sample sentence. 

8. Choose "Insert" when you're ready to substitute.

How to change the PowerPoint display language on Mac

1. Click the Apple icon on your Mac. 

2. Select "System Preferences…" from the dropdown menu. 

3. Click the "Language & Region" option in the first row. 

4. Toggle to the individual "Apps" menu. 

5. Click the (+) icon in the lower right of the window.

6. Select "Microsoft PowerPoint" from the "Application:" dropdown menu.

7. Select your preferred language from the "Language:" dropdown menu below.

8. Click the "Add" button.

9. Restart the app when prompted. 

How to change the PowerPoint display language on PC

1. Sign on to an Administrator account.

2. Select the Start button.

3. Choose Settings.

4. In the window, click Time & Language.

5. Select the Language option. 

6. Choose a language from the Windows display language dropdown. 

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Microsoft’s Presentation Translator translates presentations in real time

A lot of what Microsoft is showing at its Build conference this week is squarely aimed at developers. But in the barrage of news about Azure, Visual Studio and .NET, the company also showed off a preview of a new add-in for PowerPoint that is aimed at everyday users. The Presentation Translator can automatically provide real-time translated subtitles or translate the text of their actual PowerPoint presentation while still preserving the original formatting.

In its current iteration, the service supports Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish. While the focus here is on translation, you also could use the same service to caption a presentation for audience members who are deaf or hard of hearing.

This project, which comes out of Microsoft Garage , is now in closed preview, but you can sign up for early access here . The add-in is powered by Microsoft Translator live and is basically an example for how these AI-powered services are slowly but surely finding their way into productivity apps.

Indeed, PowerPoint is somewhat of a hotbed for Microsoft’s efforts in this area. With QuickStarter and Designer, Microsoft’s presentation software already features two tools that can automatically generate basic slideshows around a topic and make them look good based on their context.

Presentation Translator

Display live, translated subtitles as you speak while giving audience members the opportunity to follow along in their own language, on their own device..

“Translator gives me the opportunity to reach my students in a way I never could before. I love seeing their faces light up when they realize they actually understand the message I’m trying to get across. They can participate in class discussions like never before.” – Kacie Solar, Humanities Teacher, Mill Creek MS

About Presentation Translator

Presentation Translator broke down language barriers by allowing users to offer live, subtitled presentation straight from PowerPoint. As you spoke, the add-in powered by the Microsoft Translator live feature, allowed you to display subtitles directly on your PowerPoint presentation in any one of more than 60 supported text languages. This feature could also be used for audiences who are deaf or hard of hearing.

Additionally, up to 100 audience members in the room could follow along with the presentation in their own language, including the speaker’s language, on their phone, tablet or computer.

After originally launching in The Garage, Presentation Translator was introduced as a standalone app in the Microsoft Store before many of the features were added natively to PowerPoint.

KEY FEATURES:

Live subtitling : Speak in any of the 11 supported speech languages – Arabic (Modern Standard and Levantine dialect), Chinese (Mandarin), English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish – and subtitle into any one of the 70+ text translation languages .

Personal translations : Share a QR- or five letter conversation code and your audience can follow along with your presentation, on their own device, in their chosen language.

Inclusivity through Accessibility : Help audience members who are deaf or hard of hearing follow the presentation and participate in the discussion.

In December 2016, our team launched the Translator live feature which lets users have live, translated conversations in real-time. We’re the first to offer real-time translation, giving people a personal universal translator directly from their mobile device when connected to the internet.

We saw how powerful this technology was and how it’s a valuable resource when language is a barrier, so we leveraged this technology and incorporated it into Presentation Translator for PowerPoint.

Partnering with the Garage to launch Presentation Translator gave us the opportunity to reach a broader audience of tech enthusiasts, collect feedback, iterate, and implement feature requests that shaped the add-in as it exists today.

After launching in July 2017, the add-in was quickly adopted by PowerPoint users in different use cases.

Presentation Translator was initially developed to translate a speaker’s presentation into other 60 languages. For example, if you speak English and want to translate your presentation into Japanese, you can choose Japanese subtitles and it will capture your audio and translate it on the screen.

We knew from the work our team did integrating Microsoft’s speech translation into Skype (aka Skype Translator) that this was also potentially very interesting for accessibility scenarios.

So, we proactively reached-out to contacts in the education space to use the add-in for a different use case in classroom environments: captioning for hearing impaired students.

A couple of months after launch, customers such as Rochester Institute of Technology’s National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID) adopted the use of Presentation Translator in a few pilot classrooms. It’s proven to be an invaluable resource for not only deaf or hard of hearing students, but also for international students and to provide class notes for all students.

The features of Presentation Translator were integrated natively into PowerPoint beginning in 2019 before Presentation Translator was retired in 2020.

The Translator team hopes to continue our mission to provide translation technologies like Presentation Translator, to break language barriers and provide a means to accessible communication regardless of the language, use-case, app, and device used.

Presentation Translator team: (from left to right) Tanvi Surti, Xuedong Huang, Michael Seltzer, Chris Wendt, Huaming Wang, Arul Menezes, Igor Syrisko, Sundar Poudel, Kevin Vu, Christophe Poulain, Ivo Santos, Lauren Dapiaoen

Not pictured: Laurent Bussard, Pradip Fatehpuria, Ralph El Hage, Will Lewis, Olivier Nano, Jeff Stock

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PowerPoint Presentation Translator add-on from Microsoft.

Updated: Aug 24, 2021

Presentation Translator lets you add live subtitles to your presentations in PowerPoint, as you are speaking. You can show subtitles in the same language you are speaking, or in any of the 60+ supported languages. Additionally, up to 100 audience members in the room can follow along with the presentation in their own language, and on their own phone, tablet, or computer.

In addition, Presentation Translator lets you translate the text in your presentation to 60+ supported languages. The list of supported presenter languages and subtitle languages can be found here.

Using one image per slide helps the user to focus on the text, and the message you are trying to convey.

How to use.

Follow the guidelines below.

1. Download the PowerPoint add-in from here

2. Open any PowerPoint presentation

3. Go to the Slide Show ribbon and click "Translate Slides"

4. Click on "Translate Slides"

5. Select the Slide Language and the Translate To language. Click "Translate Slides".

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We can't download the presentation translation add-in from the Microsoft website anymore :S!! Would you know how to get it?? Thanks!

It’s now an app! https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/translator/APPS/PRESENTATION-TRANSLATOR/

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Office 365 hub, presentation translator, benefits of presentation translator.

• Presentation Translator subtitles your live presentation straight from PowerPoint, and lets your audience join from their own devices using the Translator app or browser.
• As you speak, Presentation Translator displays subtitles directly on your PowerPoint presentation in any one of more than 60 supported text languages. This feature can also be used for audiences who are deaf or hard of hearing.
• Up to 100 audience members in the room can follow along with the presentation in their own language by downloading the Translator app or joining directly from their browser.

Getting Started

How to set-up Presentation Translator for PowerPoint (Windows Only)

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When you work in documents, emails, or messages, view photos or images, or browse webpages, you can select text to translate into supported languages , and hear how it sounds when spoken.

Translate text

You can easily translate text in different apps on Mac, including some third-party apps. You can also use Live Text to translate text in an image.

Select the text you want to translate.

Control-click the selected text, then choose Translate.

From the language pop-up menus, choose the language of the text you’re translating (if necessary) and the language you want to translate it into.

If you don’t designate a language, your Mac translates into your preferred language (if supported) or into a default language for your region.

Replace text with a translation

When writing on your Mac, you can replace what you’ve written with a translation.

Select the text you want to replace with a translation.

Click Replace with Translation to insert the translation and replace the original text.

Download languages for offline translation

You can download languages to translate when offline. Offline translations may be less accurate than translations processed using Apple servers. Siri and Safari always process translations online.

Open Language & Region settings for me

Click Translation Languages in the lower right.

Click Download for each language you want to use. To remove a language you downloaded, click Remove.

To process translations on your Mac, even when connected to the internet, select On-Device Mode.

Click Done.

Modern Translator in Microsoft 365

The Modern Translation feature in Microsoft 365 Apps is making changes that may require you or your tenant administrators to install an update if you are using the Current Channel (Windows and Mac), Monthly Enterprise Channel, Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel (Preview) July 2023, Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel July 2023, Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel January 2023, Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel Extended July 2022 and the Office Add-In Translator for Outlook.

Starting on Jan 22nd, 2024, the Translation feature will cease working. To avoid loss of functionality, please ensure that you updated your installation versions to match or be later than the below versions/build numbers. 

If you are not sure which version of Office you are using or what release channel you are on, see  What version of Office am I using? .  

If you are not sure when you get the latest changes, see When do I get the newest features for Microsoft M365?. 

Installation updates

To install updates to your Microsoft 365 installation: 

Follow the steps on Install Office updates - Microsoft Support 

To install updates to Microsoft Teams: 

Follow the steps on Update Microsoft Teams - Microsoft Support 

To install updates to the Translator for Office Add-In: 

Follow the steps on Translator for Outlook - Microsoft Support 

To install updates for Outlook Android or iOS: 

Follow the steps on Microsoft Outlook - Apps on Google Play 

Follow the steps on Outlook for iOS (apple.com) 

Latest updates for Microsoft 365 Apps

Learn about these here

To install updates for OneNote for Windows: 

Follow the steps on Download OneNote  

To prepare Outlook on the Web or Word for the Web: 

Follow the steps on How to Clear Your Cache - Microsoft 365 . For browsers other than Edge, please refer to the specific browser product pages. 

What happens if I don’t update my installation after the date Microsoft will supply? 

In Teams Desktop, you will see that the Translate button is no longer highlighted.

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After you've pressed the Control button twice, MacLinguist reads the text of the element which is currently located under the mouse cursor. It can be text in any arbitrary application: a paragraph of text in Safari, some text on a system button or even a menu item in Menu Bar. MacLinguist can even translate filenames - just point your mouse on a file in Finder! If you prefer only a certain part of text to be translated, just select that part of the text, and press the Control button twice. Most OS X applications allow MacLinguist to translate text right away, however some applications like TextWrangler, Chrome and Opera, require the text to be selected (highlighted) prior to be translated.

MacLinguist can replace the currently selected text with the translation - just press Option (Alt), while holding Control.

Take a glance at what MacLinguist can do !

By default MacLinguist translates any of the 40 supported languages (it autodetects the language of the text) into your current system language, however you can easily select another destination language that you want MacLinguist to translate the texts to.

Typing mode

MacLinguist also supports Typing Mode . If you press Option+Space , you can enter some text that you want to have translated manually. The text will be translated as you type. If you press Enter, the translated text will be pasted automatically into your current application.

Development and support takes time and efforts. Furthermore the online translation services that the app uses are not free. If you find the application helpful and wish to help us continue developing and enhancing MacLinguist, please consider buying it. You can use it for free to do twenty translations.

Purchase MacLinguist

Maclinguist standard.

A basic version of MacLinguist.

Highlight a piece of text, double press Control and see the translation pop up while you're still holding Control. Press Option to replace currently selected text with the translation.

MacLinguist works seamlessly with most applications and doesn't interfere with your work.

Ideal for short (up to a couple of sentences) translations.

Single purchase lets you use it indefinitely. A single license is valid per machine.

Price: 19 usd + tax.

Purchase MacLinguist Standard License

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MacLinguist Pro

• Allows translation of significantly larger paragraphs of text.
• Lets you set up a second target language, essentially allowing you to translate in both directions: when you double press Control, the text is translated into the first language. When you double press Control, holding Fn key, the text is translated into the second language. You are also able to paste any of these translations by pressing Alt.

6 months subscription

Price: 6 usd/mo + tax.

Purchase MacLinguist Pro License

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CREATE Papers and Presentations at CHI 2024

This is a work in progress as there are many papers and presentations from CREATE researchers at CHI 2024, the ACM CHI conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. We appreciate your patience!

A Virtual Reality Scene Taxonomy: Identifying and Designing Accessible Scene-Viewing Techniques

Rachel L. Franz , UW Information School; Sasa Junuzovic, Microsoft; Martez E Mott, Microsoft

Franz is advised by CREATE associate director Jacob O. Wobbrock in the iSchool. Franz, who in 2021 received the prestigious Apple Scholars in AIML PhD fellowship, focuses her research on accessible technology design and evaluation for users with functional impairments and low digital literacy. Specifically, she is focused on using AI to make virtual reality more accessible to individuals with mobility limitations.

An Emotion Translator: Speculative Design by Neurodiverse Dyads

Annuska Zolyomi , CREATE faculty and assistant professor at UW Bothell Computing & Software Systems and Jaime Snyder, UW Information School.

BLIP: Facilitating the Exploration of Undesirable Consequences of Digital Technologies

Rock Yuren Pang and his advisor Katharina Reinecke , CREATE faculty and UW Computer Science & Engineering; Sebastin Santy, UW Computer Science & Engineering, Rene Just, UW Computer Science & Engineering.

“Caption It in an Accessible Way That Is Also Enjoyable”: Characterizing User-Driven Captioning Practices on TikTok

Emma J McDonnell , UW Human Centered Design & Engineering and her advisors — both CREATE associate directors — Jon E. Froehlich (Allen School) and Leah Findlater (HCDE); Tessa Eagle, University of California, Santa Cruz; Pitch Sinlapanuntakul, UW Human Centered Design & Engineering; Soo Hyun Moon, UW Human Centered Design & Engineering; Kathryn E Ringland, University of California, Santa Cruz

Designing Accessible Obfuscation Support for Blind Individuals’ Visual Privacy Management

Lotus Zhang , CREATE student advised by Leah Findlater , HCDE; Abigale Stangl , former CREATE/HCDE postdoctoral researcher ; Tanusree Sharma, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Yu-Yun Tseng, University of Colorado; Inan Xu, University of California, Santa Cruz; Danna Gurari, University of Colorado; Yang Wang, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Leah Findlater , UW Human Centered Design & Engineering