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HAID
2009
Springer
14 years 2 months ago
Evaluating Factors that Influence Path Tracing with Passive Haptic Guidance
A very common task in medical applications and motor-skill training is to trace a path. However, when designing a haptically guided interface, designers need to consider the choice...
Kurosh Zarei-nia, Xing-Dong Yang, Pourang Irani, N...
HAID
2009
Springer
14 years 2 months ago
Accessing Audiotactile Images with HFVE Silooet
In this paper, recent developments of the HFVE vision-substitution system are described; and the initial results of a trial of the “Silooet” software are reported. The system u...
David Dewhurst
HAID
2009
Springer
14 years 2 months ago
Haptic Interaction Techniques for Exploring Chart Data
Abstract. Haptic data visualization is a growing research area. It conveys information using the sense of touch which can help visually impaired people or be useful when other moda...
Sabrina A. Panëels, Jonathan C. Roberts, Pete...
CHINZ
2009
ACM
14 years 2 months ago
The use of paper in everyday student life
The information we encounter in modern life, in developed countries, is a hybrid of the physical and the digital. Personal archiving tools allow users to capture and retrieve aspe...
David M. Nichols, Sally Jo Cunningham
ICCHP
2010
Springer
14 years 2 months ago
MarkerMouse: Mouse Cursor Control Using a Head-Mounted Marker
We propose MarkerMouse, an inexpensive method for controlling the mouse cursor using a web cam and a marker placed on the user’s forehead. Two modes of cursor control were compar...
Rados Javanovic, I. Scott MacKenzie
ICCHP
2010
Springer
14 years 2 months ago
Qanti: A Software Tool for Quick Ambiguous Non-standard Text Input
This paper introduces a single-key text entry application for users with severe physical impairments. The tool combines the idea of a scanning ambiguous keyboard (which promises un...
Torsten Felzer, I. Scott MacKenzie, Philipp Becker...
ICCHP
2010
Springer
14 years 2 months ago
Real-Time Walk Light Detection with a Mobile Phone
Crossing an urban traffic intersection is one of the most dangerous activities of a blind or visually impaired person's travel. Building on past work by the authors on the iss...
Volodymyr Ivanchenko, James Coughlan, Huiying Shen
ICCHP
2010
Springer
14 years 2 months ago
A Mobile Phone Application Enabling Visually Impaired Users to Find and Read Product Barcodes
Abstract. While there are many barcode readers available for identifying products in a supermarket or at home on mobile phones (e.g., Red Laser iPhone app), such readers are inacce...
Ender Tekin, James M. Coughlan
ICCHP
2010
Springer
14 years 2 months ago
The Challenge of Mainstreaming ICT Design for All
The education and training of ICT students and professionals with respect to Design for All is a vital part in the process of achieving eInclusion throughout Europe. This paper out...
Gill Whitney, Suzette Keith, Barbara Schmidt-Belz