• DocumentCode
    1060525
  • Title

    From Tapping to Touching: Making Touch Screens Accessible to Blind Users

  • Author

    Guerreiro, Tiago ; Lagoa, P. ; Nicolau, Hugo ; Gonalves, D. ; Jorge, Joaquim A.

  • Author_Institution
    Tech. Univ. of Lisboa, Lisbon
  • Volume
    15
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    2008
  • Firstpage
    48
  • Lastpage
    50
  • Abstract
    The NavTouch navigational method enables blind users to input text in a touch-screen device by performing directional gestures to navigate a vowel-indexed alphabet.
  • Keywords
    gesture recognition; handicapped aids; mobile handsets; touch sensitive screens; NavTouch navigational method; blind users; gesture-based text-entry method; touch-screen equipped mobile phones; vision-impaired users; Application software; Educational institutions; Feedback; Mobile communication; Mobile handsets; Navigation; Performance evaluation; Pressing; Productivity; Testing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    MultiMedia, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1070-986X
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MMUL.2008.88
  • Filename
    4740386
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1060525