Individuals with vision impairments employ a variety of strategies for object identification, such as pans or soy sauce, in the culinary process. In addition, they often rely on contextual details about objects, such as location, orientation, and current status, to autonomously execute cooking activities. To understand how people with vision impairments collect and use the contextual information of objects while cooking, we conducted a contextual inquiry study with 12 participants in their own kitchens. This research aims to analyze object interaction dynamics in culinary practices to enhance assistive vision technologies for visually impaired cooks. We outline eight different types of contextual information and the strategies that blind cooks currently use to access the information while preparing meals. Further, we discuss preferences for communicating contextual information about kitchen objects as well as considerations for the deployment of AI-powered assistive technologies.

翻译：视障人士在烹饪过程中会采用多种策略来识别锅具、酱油等物体。此外，他们通常依赖物体的情境细节（如位置、方向及当前状态）来独立完成烹饪活动。为探究视障人士在烹饪过程中如何获取并运用物体的情境信息，我们邀请12名参与者在自家厨房开展了一项情境调研。本研究旨在分析烹饪实践中的物体交互动态，以提升面向视障烹饪者的辅助视觉技术。我们归纳了八种不同类型的情境信息，以及视障厨师在备餐过程中获取这些信息的现行策略。此外，本文探讨了厨房物体情境信息的传达偏好，并提出了部署AI驱动辅助技术时需考虑的要素。