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Accessibility of Android-based mobile devices: a prototype to investigate interaction with blind users

Chiti S., Leporini B.

Mobile accessibility Blind users Touch-screen

The study presented in this paper is part of mobile accessibility research with particular reference to the interaction with touch-screen based smartphones. Its aim was to gather information, tips and indications on interaction with a touch-screen by blind users. To this end we designed and developed a prototype for an Android-based platform. Four blind users (two inexperienced and two with experience of smartphones) were involved from the early phase of prototype design. The involvement of inexperienced users played a key role in understanding expectations of smart phones especially concerning touch-screen interaction. Skilled users provided useful suggestions on crucial aspects such as gestures and button position. Although the prototype developed is limited to only a few features for the Android operating system, the results obtained from blind user interaction can be generalized and applied to any mobile device based on a touch-screen. Thus, the results of this work could be useful to developers of mobile operating systems and applications based on a touch-screen, in addition to those working on designing and developing assistive technologies. © 2012 Springer-Verlag.

Source: 13th International Conference ICCHP 2012, pp. 607–614, Linz, Austria, July 11-13, 2012

Publisher: Springer, Berlin, DEU

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@inproceedings{oai:it.cnr:prodotti:351333,
	title = {Accessibility of Android-based mobile devices: a prototype to investigate interaction with blind users},
	author = {Chiti S. and Leporini B.},
	publisher = {Springer, Berlin, DEU},
	doi = {10.1007/978-3-642-31534-3_89},
	booktitle = {13th International Conference ICCHP 2012, pp. 607–614, Linz, Austria, July 11-13, 2012},
	year = {2012}
}