Title :
Independent way-finding for visually impaired users through multi-sensorial data analysis on mobile devices
Author :
Ahmetovic, Dragan
Author_Institution :
Dipt. di Inf. e Comun., Univ. degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
Abstract :
For users with sensory or mobility impairments the evolution of mobile devices introduces new accessibility issues. For instance, touch screens, lacking tactile cues, are hard to use by blind users without additional feedback. These problems are being mitigated through new interaction paradigms, such as screen readers: software that describe the currently selected elements on the interface through vocal cues.
Keywords :
data analysis; handicapped aids; haptic interfaces; mobile computing; sensor fusion; user interfaces; accessibility issues; blind user; independent way-finding; mobile devices; mobility impairments; multisensorial data analysis; screen readers; sensory impairments; tactile cues; touch screen; visually impaired users; vocal cues; Accelerometers; Computer vision; Haptic interfaces; Mobile handsets; Navigation; Sensors;
Conference_Titel :
Pervasive Computing and Communications Workshops (PERCOM Workshops), 2012 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Lugano
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0905-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0906-6
DOI :
10.1109/PerComW.2012.6197562
