About ScribeAR
What is ScribeAR?
The ScribeAR project is exploring ways to enhance real-time captioning as a communication access tool.
Traditional captioning paradigms can be constraining:
Availability
Captions might be available only for specific events, such as when watching a movie or taking a class. But life takes place 24/7.
Participation
Captions are often streamed on laptops or mobile devices. User attention is therefore split between the captions and the action.
Logistics
It's often possible to pre-arrange for captioning services. But what about spontaneous interactions, like water cooler chats?
ScribeAR strives to address some of these challenges with creative design:
Flexibility
ScribeAR is a lightweight, web app that can run on nearly any device with a web browser anytime and anywhere with an internet connection.
Connection
ScribeAR is compatible with augmented-reality (AR) headsets, which allow users to view captions while fully engaging in the action.
Options
ScribeAR can stream captioning from a wide range of sources spanning various price points and accuracy levels.
Meet the Team
We are a team of undergraduate and graduate students working at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign as a research group within the Grainger College of Engineering.
Interested in joining us? We'd love to hear from you—especially if you're an undergraduate or graduate student at the University of Illinois. Send us an email
Lawrence Angrave
(co-principal investigator)
Professor, Department of Computer Science
Colin Lualdi
(co-principal investigator)
PhD Student, Department of Physics