Document - Vibrotactile feedback as an orientation aid for blind users of mobile guides

2008

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Vibrotactile feedback as an orientation aid for blind users of mobile guides

Ghiani G., Leporini B., Paternò F.

Design Experimentation Human Factors

In this paper, we present a solution for supporting vibrotactile feedback in mobile museum guides for blind users. To this end, we have designed and implemented a hardware/software module, which can be easily plugged into current PDAs to assist blind users in orientation. The solution, which comprises a twochannels haptic module as well as vocal support, has been exploited for moving through tagged objects. We also report on a user evaluation carried out with a number of blind users.

Source: MobileHCI 2008. 10th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services, pp. 431–434, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2-5 September 2008

Publisher: ACM Press, New York, USA

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@inproceedings{oai:it.cnr:prodotti:91906,
	title = {Vibrotactile feedback as an orientation aid for blind users of mobile guides},
	author = {Ghiani G. and Leporini B. and Paternò F.},
	publisher = {ACM Press, New York, USA},
	doi = {10.1145/1409240.1409306},
	booktitle = {MobileHCI 2008. 10th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services, pp. 431–434, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2-5 September 2008},
	year = {2008}
}