Title :
Proposal of an innovative interface for a tangible communication between PCs and visually impared people by using air propelled new technique of wind elements (wixel)
Author :
Rebolledo-Mendez, Jovan David ; Nakayama, Keisuke ; Medez-Aldama, Adolfo
Author_Institution :
Grad. Sch. of Natural Sci. & Technol., Kanazawa Univ., Kanazawa, Japan
Abstract :
Visually impaired people face many obstacles to interact properly with the current screen / visually oriented technologies, as monitors or in using Internet, being destined just for users with good visual ability. This paper refers to a specification of a proposal of an innovative way to safe that obstacle for visually impaired people and provide them a device that will make them understand the normal output from a computer. This method attempts to use the basic element: a wind element (wixel). It will be explained its technical specification, methodology, materials, usages, benefits, current development and future work as well.
Keywords :
handicapped aids; microcomputers; user interfaces; Internet; PC; air propelled new technique; innovative interface; screen/visually oriented technology; tangible communication; visually impaired people; wind elements; wixel; Computer displays; Decoding; Educational technology; Information systems; Internet; Personal communication networks; Proposals; Propulsion; Visualization; Web pages;
Conference_Titel :
TENCON 2008 - 2008 IEEE Region 10 Conference
Conference_Location :
Hyderabad
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2408-5
DOI :
10.1109/TENCON.2008.4766544