Interaction with a Mobile Reader for the Visually Impaired

Author

Keefer, Robert ; Bourbakis, Nikolaos

Author_Institution

Assistive Technol. Res. Center, Wright State Univ., Dayton, OH, USA

fYear

2009

fDate

2-4 Nov. 2009

Firstpage

229

Lastpage

236

Abstract

While reading devices for the visually impaired have been available for many years, they are often expensive and difficult to use. In an effort to prototype a device comprised of inexpensive components, we present a highly interactive method for processing document images. The voice user interface (VUI), document image segmentation and framing, and targeted image registration methods of a mobile reading device are presented. Initial experimental results on a set of newspaper pages are also presented.

Keywords

document image processing; handicapped aids; human computer interaction; image registration; image segmentation; interactive devices; document image segmentation; mobile reading device; targeted image registration methods; voice user interface; Artificial intelligence; Cellular phones; Image processing; Image registration; Image segmentation; Navigation; Optical character recognition software; Prototypes; Streaming media; User interfaces; image segmentation; optical character recognition; pattern recognition; visually impaired;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Tools with Artificial Intelligence, 2009. ICTAI '09. 21st International Conference on

Conference_Location

Newark, NJ

ISSN

1082-3409

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5619-2

Electronic_ISBN

1082-3409

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICTAI.2009.92

Filename

5363156