Joshua Miele

Principal Accessibility Researcher

Amazon Lab126

Ph.D.

I am a blind scientist, designer, and educator with decades of active involvement in the world of technology, accessibility, and disability. My work in information accessibility has impacted technologies including screen readers, auditory displays, audio/tactile maps and graphics, wayfinding, braille input, video description, and STEM education. The accessibility solutions I find most attractive are characterized by the creative use of low-cost, off-the-shelf technologies to address significant challenges in information accessibility.

Contact Information:

Email: jam@ski.org

Office Phone: (415) 345-2113


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LinkedIn Profile

Mentorship Period:
June 2003

Publications

  • Journal Articles
  • Conference Papers

Mentors

Trainees

  • Past

Collaborators

  • Internal

Projects

Talking Signs Talking Signs

Talking Signs

Created by William Loughborough in 1979, Talking Lights was a system of infrared transmitters and receivers allowing blind and visually impaired travelers to quickly and easily “read signs” at a distance.

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  • Talking Signs
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    Talking Signs
    Created by William Loughborough in 1979, Talking Lights was a system of infrared transmitters and receivers allowing blind and visually impaired travelers to quickly and easily "read signs" at a...
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    The Smith-Kettlewell Haptics Symposium
    The Smith-Kettlewell Haptics Symposium was held on March 29, 2018 to honor and remember Dr. Val Morash and her research.
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Miele, J. ., Landau, S. ., & Gilden, D. . (2006). Talking TMAP: Automated generation of audio-tactile maps using Smith-Kettlewell’s TMAP software. British Journal of Visual Impairment, 24, 93–100.

Waisberg, E. ., Ong, J. ., Paladugu, P. ., Zaman, N. ., Kamran, S. A., Lee, A. G., & Tavakkoli, A. . (2023). Clinical Education Innovation Enabled by XR Space Medicine Technology. International Journal of Aviation, Aeronautics, and Aerospace, 10, 5.

Abrahamson, D. ., Flood, V. J., Miele, J. ., & Siu, Y.-T. . (2018). Enactivism and ethnomethodological conversation analysis as tools for expanding Universal Design for Learning: the case of visually impaired mathematics students . ZDM: The International Journal on Mathematics Education . https://doi.org/10.1007/s11858-018-0998-1 (Original work published 2018)

Packer, J. ., Vizenor, K. ., & Miele, J. . (2015). An Overview of Video Description: History, Benefits, and Guidelines. Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 109(2). 10.1177/0145482X1510900 (Original work published 2015)

Morash, V. S., Siu, Y.-T. ., Miele, J. ., Hasty, L. ., & Landau, S. . (2015). Guiding novice web workers in making image descriptions using templates. ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing (TACCESS), 7, 12. (Original work published 2015)

Morash, V. S., Pensky, A. E. C., Tseng, S. T., & Miele, J. . (2014). Effects of using multiple hands and fingers on haptic performance in individuals who are blind. Perception, 43, 569–588. (Original work published 2014)

Morash, V. S., Pensky, A. E. C., & Miele, J. . (2013). Effects of using multiple hands and fingers on haptic performance. Perception, 42, 759–777. (Original work published 2013)

Seelman, K. D., Palmer, C. . , V, Ortmann, A. ., Mormer, E. ., Miele, J. ., Brabyn, J. ., & . (2008). Quality-of-life technology for vision and hearing loss [Highlights of Recent Developments and Current Challenges in Technology]. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine, 27.

Miele, J. . (2003). Human auditory perception of trajectories of motion in a simulated open-field environment.

Miele, J. ., & Hafter, E. R. (2002). Trajectory perception in the free field . The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 111, 2356–2356.