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Voice commands for a mobile reading device for the visually impaired

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Sundaram Narayanan,

Nikolaos BourbakisAuthors Info & Claims

PETRA '10: Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments

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https://doi.org/10.1145/1839294.1839298

Published: 23 June 2010 Publication History

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In this paper, we describe the interaction design of a mobile reader for visually impaired users. A prototype of the design was created and tested on eight blind users. The results of this usability test are reported here, and demonstrate that the proposed interaction design is an improvement over currently available interaction mechanisms.

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https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1504/IJMNDI.2015.069207

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PETRA '10: Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments

June 2010

452 pages

ISBN:9781450300711

DOI:10.1145/1839294

Editors:
Fillia Makedon
University of Texas at Arlington
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Ilias Maglogiannis
University of Central Greece, Greece
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Sarantos Kapidakis
Ionian University, Greece

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Doush IAlshattnawi SBarhoush M(2018)Non-visual navigation interface for completing tasks with a predefined order using mobile phoneInternational Journal of Mobile Network Design and Innovation10.1504/IJMNDI.2015.0692076:1(1-13)Online publication date: 13-Dec-2018
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1504/IJMNDI.2015.069207

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