FocusView: Understanding and Customizing Informational Video Watching Experiences for Viewers with ADHD

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Main Authors: Zhu, Hanxiu 'Hazel', Chen, Ruijia, Zhao, Yuhang
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Published: 2025
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author Zhu, Hanxiu 'Hazel'
Chen, Ruijia
Zhao, Yuhang
author_facet Zhu, Hanxiu 'Hazel'
Chen, Ruijia
Zhao, Yuhang
contents While videos have become increasingly prevalent in delivering information across different educational and professional contexts, individuals with ADHD often face attention challenges when watching informational videos due to the dynamic, multimodal, yet potentially distracting video elements. To understand and address this critical challenge, we designed FocusView, a video customization interface that allows viewers with ADHD to customize informational videos from different aspects. We evaluated FocusView with 12 participants with ADHD and found that FocusView significantly improved the viewability of videos by reducing distractions. Through the study, we uncovered participants' diverse perceptions of video distractions (e.g., background music as a distraction vs. stimulation boost) and their customization preferences, highlighting unique ADHD-relevant needs in designing video customization interfaces (e.g., reducing the number of options to avoid distraction caused by customization itself). We further derived design considerations for future video customization systems for the ADHD community.
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spellingShingle FocusView: Understanding and Customizing Informational Video Watching Experiences for Viewers with ADHD
Zhu, Hanxiu 'Hazel'
Chen, Ruijia
Zhao, Yuhang
Human-Computer Interaction
While videos have become increasingly prevalent in delivering information across different educational and professional contexts, individuals with ADHD often face attention challenges when watching informational videos due to the dynamic, multimodal, yet potentially distracting video elements. To understand and address this critical challenge, we designed FocusView, a video customization interface that allows viewers with ADHD to customize informational videos from different aspects. We evaluated FocusView with 12 participants with ADHD and found that FocusView significantly improved the viewability of videos by reducing distractions. Through the study, we uncovered participants' diverse perceptions of video distractions (e.g., background music as a distraction vs. stimulation boost) and their customization preferences, highlighting unique ADHD-relevant needs in designing video customization interfaces (e.g., reducing the number of options to avoid distraction caused by customization itself). We further derived design considerations for future video customization systems for the ADHD community.
title FocusView: Understanding and Customizing Informational Video Watching Experiences for Viewers with ADHD
topic Human-Computer Interaction
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.01248