Travel aids for the blind ? the digital ecosystem solution
Travel aids for the blind are portable electronic devices that are either cane fitted, hand-held or worn by the visually impaired user, to warn of obstacles ahead. These devices exhibit a number of complex userchallenges, the most significant of which are related to the interface display that convey...
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| author | Calder, David |
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| description | Travel aids for the blind are portable electronic devices that are either cane fitted, hand-held or worn by the visually impaired user, to warn of obstacles ahead. These devices exhibit a number of complex userchallenges, the most significant of which are related to the interface display that conveys navigation/obstacle warning information. There is a need for a new approach to the design of computer-based assistive systems for the disabled. Many Travel Aid manufacturers have catered for particulardisabilities in relative isolation and not necessarily within the wider context of other modalities and areas of disability. The (DESAT) approach would help a fragmented cottage industry by offering a coordinated digital ecosystem from which both the ecologically embedded end user and support teams from diverse disciplines could benefit. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-351392022-12-09T06:09:43Z Travel aids for the blind ? the digital ecosystem solution Calder, David Duc-Truong Pham Armando Colombo infrared assistive technology portable electronic device ambient sound cues ultrasonic pulse-echo sensory channels long cane User Interface - cognition laser sound interface displays blind visually impaired DESAT disabled Travel aids for the blind are portable electronic devices that are either cane fitted, hand-held or worn by the visually impaired user, to warn of obstacles ahead. These devices exhibit a number of complex userchallenges, the most significant of which are related to the interface display that conveys navigation/obstacle warning information. There is a need for a new approach to the design of computer-based assistive systems for the disabled. Many Travel Aid manufacturers have catered for particulardisabilities in relative isolation and not necessarily within the wider context of other modalities and areas of disability. The (DESAT) approach would help a fragmented cottage industry by offering a coordinated digital ecosystem from which both the ecologically embedded end user and support teams from diverse disciplines could benefit. 2009 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/35139 10.1109/INDIN.2009.5195794 IEEE fulltext |
| spellingShingle | infrared assistive technology portable electronic device ambient sound cues ultrasonic pulse-echo sensory channels long cane User Interface - cognition laser sound interface displays blind visually impaired DESAT disabled Calder, David Travel aids for the blind ? the digital ecosystem solution |
| title | Travel aids for the blind ? the digital ecosystem solution |
| title_full | Travel aids for the blind ? the digital ecosystem solution |
| title_fullStr | Travel aids for the blind ? the digital ecosystem solution |
| title_full_unstemmed | Travel aids for the blind ? the digital ecosystem solution |
| title_short | Travel aids for the blind ? the digital ecosystem solution |
| title_sort | travel aids for the blind ? the digital ecosystem solution |
| topic | infrared assistive technology portable electronic device ambient sound cues ultrasonic pulse-echo sensory channels long cane User Interface - cognition laser sound interface displays blind visually impaired DESAT disabled |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/35139 |