  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.
