DocumentCode
3064992
Title
A stereo auditory image-perception aid for the blind
Author
Tantribeau, Patrick ; Lee, Howard C.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. Eng., McGill Univ., Montreal, QC, Canada
Volume
4
fYear
1992
fDate
Oct. 29 1992-Nov. 1 1992
Firstpage
1580
Lastpage
1581
Abstract
A proposed technical aid is described to help blind persons perceive images such as a human face and a scene. The image is accessed and explored interactively by touch through two finger-mounted probes, and the pixel intensities are displayed to the user as characteristic stereo auditory signals. Preliminary test results indicate that the subjects can learn to correctly perceive complicated geometric images of several gray levels in a short time.
Keywords
audio signals; handicapped aids; hearing; interactive systems; stereo image processing; touch sensitive screens; visual perception; blind person; complicated geometric image; finger-mounted probes; gray levels; pixel intensity; stereo auditory image-perception aid; stereo auditory signal;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1992 14th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location
Paris
Print_ISBN
0-7803-0785-2
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IEMBS.1992.5761934
Filename
5761934
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