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A multimodal, computer-based drawing system for persons who are blind and visually impaired

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Patrick C. Headley,

Dianne T. V. PawlukAuthors Info & Claims

ASSETS '10: Proceedings of the 12th international ACM SIGACCESS conference on Computers and accessibility

Pages 229 - 230

https://doi.org/10.1145/1878803.1878845

Published: 25 October 2010 Publication History

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Many individuals who are blind or visually impaired are interested in drawing tactile pictures, and some have already done so with static raised-line drawing kits. However, static raised-line drawing kits are problematic as they are non-erasable. Various computer systems, with or without accompanying device interfaces, have been designed to allow these individuals the ability to both perceive and construct their own drawings on a computer, but each with various drawbacks. A focus group was conducted to gain input from blind and visually impaired computer users on a new design. Based on these results, a new multimodal device design concept has been generated which will improve upon previous solutions and give graphic editing and viewing to blind and visually impaired individuals at a low cost.

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Headley, P. C., and Pawluk, D. T. V. 2010. A Low-Cost, Variable-Amplitude Haptic Distributed Display for Persons who are Blind and Visually Impaired. ASSETS'10, October 25--27, 2010, Orlando, Florida.

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Bornschein JBornschein DWeber GMandryk RHancock MPerry MCox A(2018)Comparing Computer-Based Drawing Methods for Blind People with Real-Time Tactile FeedbackProceedings of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems10.1145/3173574.3173689(1-13)Online publication date: 21-Apr-2018
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A multimodal, computer-based drawing system for persons who are blind and visually impaired
1. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. Computing profession
      1. Assistive technologies
  2. User characteristics
    1. People with disabilities

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ASSETS '10: Proceedings of the 12th international ACM SIGACCESS conference on Computers and accessibility

October 2010

346 pages

ISBN:9781605588810

DOI:10.1145/1878803

General Chair:
Armando Barreto
Florida International University, USA
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Vicki L. Hanson
University of Dundee, UK

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Association for Computing Machinery

New York, NY, United States

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Published: 25 October 2010

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Borah PSorathia KRangaswamy NLoganathan RTiwari ALoganathan R(2019)Direct observation of tactile geometric drawing by visually impaired and blind studentsProceedings of the 10th Indian Conference on Human-Computer Interaction10.1145/3364183.3364185(1-10)Online publication date: 1-Nov-2019
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3364183.3364185
Chiplunkar SMaini ARam DZheng ZZheng YBrewster SFitzpatrick GCox AKostakos V(2019)DrawxiExtended Abstracts of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems10.1145/3290607.3309696(1-6)Online publication date: 2-May-2019
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3290607.3309696
Bornschein JBornschein DWeber GMandryk RHancock MPerry MCox A(2018)Comparing Computer-Based Drawing Methods for Blind People with Real-Time Tactile FeedbackProceedings of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems10.1145/3173574.3173689(1-13)Online publication date: 21-Apr-2018
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3173574.3173689
Bornschein JWeber G(2017)Digital Drawing Tools for Blind UsersProceedings of the 10th International Conference on PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments10.1145/3056540.3056542(21-28)Online publication date: 21-Jun-2017
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