Title :
A wristwatch-shaped wireless refreshable braille display which realizes augmented mobile access for blind persons
Author_Institution :
Nat. Center for Univ. Entrance Examinations, Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
There is a demand for a way for blind persons to receive information at any time and in any place. This is impossible to realize with existing user interfaces using voice output, so this paper introduces the world´s first a wristwatch-style refreshable braille display. This braille display has 8 braille cells and 16 input switches. It is controlled from a host computer via the Bluetooth communication protocol.
Keywords :
Bluetooth; biomedical telemetry; body sensor networks; user interfaces; Bluetooth communication protocol; augmented mobile access; blind persons; braille cells; host computer; input switches; user interfaces; voice output; wristwatch-shaped wireless refreshable braille display; Batteries; Bluetooth; Microcomputers; Mobile communication; Watches; Wireless communication;
Conference_Titel :
Consumer Electronics (GCCE), 2014 IEEE 3rd Global Conference on
Conference_Location :
Tokyo
DOI :
10.1109/GCCE.2014.7031195
