Title :
Novel user interface for text entry on touch screen mobile device for visually impaired users
Author :
Misra, Sudip ; Banubakode, Sonali M. ; Dhawale, Chitra A.
Author_Institution :
Covenant Univ., Ota, Nigeria
Abstract :
A touch screen mobile device become more popular in society because of its flexibility and discoverability. Unfortunately, due to its high visual demand it creates significant barriers for visually impaired users. But some touch screen devices available in the market with various accessible techniques like using screen reader, haptics and different input mechanisms. But they did not give any remarkable results in convenience handling and text entry speed. In this paper authors analyzes different interaction techniques and their impact on text entry speed. They also proposed new user interface for touch screen device to minimize accessibility barriers for visually impaired users.
Keywords :
handicapped aids; haptic interfaces; human computer interaction; touch sensitive screens; accessibility barriers; accessible techniques; convenience handling; haptics; interaction techniques; screen reader; text entry speed; touch screen mobile device; user interface; visual demand; visually impaired users; Mobile communication; Mobile handsets; Navigation; Thumb; Interaction techniques; Keypad layout; Text entry; Touch screen mobile device; Visually impaired;
Conference_Titel :
Computer & Information Technology (GSCIT), 2014 Global Summit on
Conference_Location :
Sousse
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-5626-5
DOI :
10.1109/GSCIT.2014.6970122