TY - GEN
T1 - NarrAid
T2 - Extended Abtracts of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2026
AU - Hu, Xiangfei
AU - Zheng, Xiuqi
AU - Liu, Qi
AU - Li, Zejian
AU - Zhang, Ying
AU - Wang, Lu
AU - Ren, Xipei
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2026 Copyright held by the owner/author(s).
PY - 2026/4/13
Y1 - 2026/4/13
N2 - People with aphasia (PWA) often communicate through fragmented words, which can limit storytelling and contribute to social isolation. Existing Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) tools primarily support basic wants and needs, offering limited support for storytelling. We present NarrAid, a generative Visual Scene Display (VSD) system that supports human-AI co-creative storytelling by generating VSD-compliant, high-context scene images without relying on users' personal photos, reducing manual content preparation for caregivers. Through a preliminary user study (N = 6), we found that NarrAid helped establish common ground, increased PWA's confidence, and reduced misunderstandings and the need for clarification.
AB - People with aphasia (PWA) often communicate through fragmented words, which can limit storytelling and contribute to social isolation. Existing Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) tools primarily support basic wants and needs, offering limited support for storytelling. We present NarrAid, a generative Visual Scene Display (VSD) system that supports human-AI co-creative storytelling by generating VSD-compliant, high-context scene images without relying on users' personal photos, reducing manual content preparation for caregivers. Through a preliminary user study (N = 6), we found that NarrAid helped establish common ground, increased PWA's confidence, and reduced misunderstandings and the need for clarification.
KW - aphasia
KW - assistive technology
KW - Augmentative and Alternative Communication
KW - large language models
KW - storytelling
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105038096417
U2 - 10.1145/3772363.3798625
DO - 10.1145/3772363.3798625
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:105038096417
T3 - Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings
BT - CHI 2026 - Extended Abtracts of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
A2 - Oliver, Nuria
A2 - Shamma, David A.
A2 - Candello, Heloisa
A2 - Cesar, Pablo
A2 - Lopes, Pedro
A2 - Artizzu, Valentino
A2 - Draxler, Fiona
A2 - Lopez, Gustavo
A2 - Reinschluessel, Anke V.
A2 - Tong, Xin
A2 - Toups Dugas, Phoebe O.
PB - Association for Computing Machinery
Y2 - 13 April 2026 through 17 April 2026
ER -