| Publication type: | Conference paper |
| Type of review: | Peer review (publication) |
| Title: | Touch explorer : exploring digital maps for visually impaired people |
| Authors: | Darvishy, Alireza Hutter, Hans-Peter Grossenbacher, Markus Merz, Dario |
| et. al: | No |
| DOI: | 10.1007/978-3-030-58796-3_50 |
| Proceedings: | Computers Helping People with Special Needs |
| Editors of the parent work: | Miesenberger, Klaus Manduchi, Roberto Covarrubias Rodriguez, Mario Peňáz, Petr |
| Page(s): | 427 |
| Pages to: | 434 |
| Conference details: | 17th International Conference on Computers Helping People with Special Needs (ICCHP), Lecco, Italy, 9–11 September 2020 |
| Issue Date: | 2020 |
| Series: | Lecture Notes in Computer Science |
| Series volume: | 12376 |
| Publisher / Ed. Institution: | Springer |
| ISBN: | 978-3-030-58795-6 978-3-030-58796-3 |
| Language: | English |
| Subjects: | Visual impairment; Accessible map; Accessibility; Output modalities |
| Subject (DDC): | 004: Computer science 305: Groups (age, origine, gender, income) |
| Abstract: | This paper describes an interaction concept for persons with visual impairments to explore digital maps. Mobile map applications like Google Maps have become an important instrument for navigation and exploration. However, existing map applications are highly visually oriented, making them inaccessible to users with visual impairments. This ongoing research project aims to develop an accessible digital map application in which information is presented in a nonvisual way. Analysis of existing market solutions shows that information retention is highest when a combination of different output modalities is used. As a result, a prototype app has been created using three major non-visual modalities: Voice output (speech synthesis), everyday sounds (e.g. car traffic), and vibration feedback. User tests were performed, and based on the test results, the Touch Explorer app was developed. Initial usability tests are described in this paper. |
| URI: | https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/20439 |
| Fulltext version: | Published version |
| License (according to publishing contract): | Licence according to publishing contract |
| Departement: | School of Engineering |
| Organisational Unit: | Institute of Computer Science (InIT) |
| Appears in collections: | Publikationen School of Engineering |
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Darvishy, A., Hutter, H.-P., Grossenbacher, M., & Merz, D. (2020). Touch explorer : exploring digital maps for visually impaired people [Conference paper]. In K. Miesenberger, R. Manduchi, M. Covarrubias Rodriguez, & P. Peňáz (Eds.), Computers Helping People with Special Needs (pp. 427–434). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-58796-3_50
Darvishy, A. et al. (2020) ‘Touch explorer : exploring digital maps for visually impaired people’, in K. Miesenberger et al. (eds) Computers Helping People with Special Needs. Springer, pp. 427–434. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-58796-3_50.
A. Darvishy, H.-P. Hutter, M. Grossenbacher, and D. Merz, “Touch explorer : exploring digital maps for visually impaired people,” in Computers Helping People with Special Needs, 2020, pp. 427–434. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-58796-3_50.
DARVISHY, Alireza, Hans-Peter HUTTER, Markus GROSSENBACHER und Dario MERZ, 2020. Touch explorer : exploring digital maps for visually impaired people. In: Klaus MIESENBERGER, Roberto MANDUCHI, Mario COVARRUBIAS RODRIGUEZ und Petr PEŇÁZ (Hrsg.), Computers Helping People with Special Needs. Conference paper. Springer. 2020. S. 427–434. ISBN 978-3-030-58795-6
Darvishy, Alireza, Hans-Peter Hutter, Markus Grossenbacher, and Dario Merz. 2020. “Touch Explorer : Exploring Digital Maps for Visually Impaired People.” Conference paper. In Computers Helping People with Special Needs, edited by Klaus Miesenberger, Roberto Manduchi, Mario Covarrubias Rodriguez, and Petr Peňáz, 427–34. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-58796-3_50.
Darvishy, Alireza, et al. “Touch Explorer : Exploring Digital Maps for Visually Impaired People.” Computers Helping People with Special Needs, edited by Klaus Miesenberger et al., Springer, 2020, pp. 427–34, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-58796-3_50.
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