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ASSETS
2010
ACM
13 years 4 months ago
Blind guidance using mobile computer vision: a usability study
We present a study focusing on the usability of a wayfinding and localization system for persons with visual impairment. This system uses special color markers, placed at key loca...
Roberto Manduchi, Sri Kurniawan, Homayoun Bagherin...
ASSETS
2008
ACM
13 years 6 months ago
Computer vision-based clear path guidance for blind wheelchair users
We describe a system for guiding blind and visually impaired wheelchair users along a clear path that uses computer vision to sense the presence of obstacles or other terrain feat...
Volodymyr Ivanchenko, James Coughlan, William Gerr...
MHCI
2009
Springer
13 years 11 months ago
Improving the accessibility of NFC/RFID-based mobile interaction through learnability and guidance
NFC and RFID technologies have found their way into current mobile phones and research has presented a variety of applications using NFC/RFID tags for interaction between physical...
Gregor Broll, Susanne Keck, Paul Holleis, Andreas ...
CHI
2011
ACM
12 years 8 months ago
Enhancing independence and safety for blind and deaf-blind public transit riders
Blind and deaf-blind people often rely on public transit for everyday mobility, but using transit can be challenging for them. We conducted semi-structured interviews with 13 blin...
Shiri Azenkot, Sanjana Prasain, Alan Borning, Emil...
CHI
2005
ACM
14 years 4 months ago
"I hear the pattern": interactive sonification of geographical data patterns
In this paper we describe our investigation of using interactive sonification (non-speech sound) to present the geographical distribution pattern of statistical data to vision imp...
Haixia Zhao, Catherine Plaisant, Ben Shneiderman