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  • Orienting Kinesthetically: A Haptic Handheld Wayfinder for People with Visual Impairments

    Tomohiro Amemiya, Hisashi Sugiyama · 2010 · ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing

    This paper presents a novel haptic direction indicator that provides real-time navigational guidance through kinesthetic cues rather than audio or vibrotactile feedback. The device exploits a perceptual phenomenon called the "pseudo-attraction force technique": by generating…

    haptic feedback · wayfinding · navigation · orientation and mobility · blindness

  • Text Locating in Scene Images for Reading and Navigation Aids for Visually Impaired Persons

    Chucai Yi · 2010 · Proceedings of the 12th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS 2010)

    This paper presents a computer vision algorithm for locating text in natural scene images — a key capability needed for camera-based reading assistants and navigation aids for people who are blind or visually impaired. While existing reading assistants could handle text in…

    computer vision · text recognition · blindness · navigation · reading assistant

  • Assistive Web Browsing with Touch Interfaces

    Faisal Ahmed, Muhammad Asiful Islam, Yevgen Borodin, I. V. Ramakrishnan · 2010 · Proceedings of the 12th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS 2010)

    This demo paper from Stony Brook University proposes a touch-based directional navigation technique to improve web browsing for blind users on touch devices (iPhone, MacBook trackpad). The authors identify two key problems with Apple's VoiceOver touch interface: the "fat finger"…

    web accessibility · touch interface · screen reader · VoiceOver · visual impairment

  • Improving Public Transit Usability for Blind and Deaf-Blind People by Connecting a Braille Display to a Smartphone

    Shiri Azenkot, Emily Fortuna · 2010 · Proceedings of the 12th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS 2010)

    This short paper explores the public transit challenges faced by blind and deaf-blind people and presents MoBraille, a novel framework that connects any Wi-Fi-enabled Braille display to an Android smartphone. The authors conducted semi-structured interviews with four blind and…

    deafblindness · blindness · braille display · public transit accessibility · mobile accessibility

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