Querying Multimodal Scientific Papers with AI: Practices and Preferences Across Blind, Low-Vision, and Sighted Scientists

Arnavi Chheda-Kothary·Lucy Lu Wang·Joseph Chee Chang
ASSETS·2026

TLDRIt is found that vague or incomplete image descriptions, as well as incorrect AI outputs more broadly, can cause both BLV and sighted scientists to abandon AI workflows, and implications for AI-powered scientific QA systems are discussed.

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Querying Multimodal Scientific Papers with AI: Practices and Preferences Across Blind, Low-Vision, and Sighted Scientists

Arnavi Chheda-Kothary·Lucy Lu Wang·Joseph Chee Chang
ASSETS·2026

TLDRIt is found that vague or incomplete image descriptions, as well as incorrect AI outputs more broadly, can cause both BLV and sighted scientists to abandon AI workflows, and implications for AI-powered scientific QA systems are discussed.

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