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ASSETS
2010
ACM
13 years 8 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 9 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
14 years 2 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 11 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 8 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