{"id":21056,"date":"2025-05-09T09:40:29","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T13:40:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/?p=21056"},"modified":"2026-06-02T14:59:34","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T18:59:34","slug":"carleton-computer-science-phd-adnan-khan-uses-ai-to-create-tactile-graphics-for-vision-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/2025\/carleton-computer-science-phd-adnan-khan-uses-ai-to-create-tactile-graphics-for-vision-loss\/","title":{"rendered":"Carleton Computer Science PhD Adnan Khan Uses AI to Create Tactile Graphics for Vision Loss"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Carleton Computer Science PhD Adnan Khan Uses AI to Create Tactile Graphics for Vision Loss\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<p>For the 43 million people living with vision loss, tactile graphics are essential tool for providing access to visual information. However, the creation process is labor-intensive and demand outpaces supply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"attachment_95820\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-95820\" src=\"https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/ai-research-new-ground-800x800-3.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/ai-research-new-ground-800x800-3.jpg 800w, https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/ai-research-new-ground-800x800-3-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/ai-research-new-ground-800x800-3-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/ai-research-new-ground-800x800-3-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/ai-research-new-ground-800x800-3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/ai-research-new-ground-800x800-3-700x700.jpg 700w, https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/ai-research-new-ground-800x800-3-200x200.jpg 200w\" alt=\"A professional headshot of Adnan Khan, a Carleton AI researcher.\" width=\"350\" height=\"350\"><\/figure><p><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Adnan Khan<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Computer Science&nbsp;PhD student Adnan Khan is exploring a novel framework that harnesses AI to create tactile graphics from digital images.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"not-prose cu-quote cu-component-spacing\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cUtilizing AI in tactile graphic creation opens up a world of possibilities\u2014from rapid, personalized conversion of visual data into touchable art to empowering individuals with vision impairment to independently access complex information,\u201d says Khan.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>By integrating advanced machine learning techniques with computer vision, the system identifies critical visual information and transforms it into tactile representations suitable for embossing or 3D printing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The approach automates the production process and offers adaptability, allowing the tactile graphic to be refined to meet individual sensory requirements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis research holds the promise of broadening individual\u2019s educational, employment and everyday opportunities \u2013 ultimately enhancing inclusivity and quality of life.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8211; Story by Elizabeth Kane. <a href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/story\/carleton-breaking-ground-ai-research\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read<\/a> about the cutting-edge advancements in AI and machine learning being made by other Carleton graduate students.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the 43 million people living with vision loss, tactile graphics are essential tool for providing access to visual information. However, the creation process is labor-intensive and demand outpaces supply. Adnan Khan Computer Science&nbsp;PhD student Adnan Khan is exploring a novel framework that harnesses AI to create tactile graphics from digital images. \u201cUtilizing AI in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21072,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[35,25,76,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-carleton-news","category-graduate-news","category-news","category-world-news"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21056","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21056"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21056\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21075,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21056\/revisions\/21075"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}