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Vibrotactile Guidance for Wayfinding of Blind Walkers

Authors:

Roberto Manduchi,

Eric Martinson,

Lourdes M. Morales,

Emrah Akin SisbotAuthors Info & Claims

IEEE Transactions on Haptics, Volume 8, Issue 3

Pages 306 - 317

https://doi.org/10.1109/TOH.2015.2409980

Published: 01 July 2015 Publication History

Abstract

We propose a vibrotactile interface in the form of a belt for guiding blind walkers. This interface enables blind walkers to receive haptic directional instructions along complex paths without negatively impacting users' ability to listen and/or perceive the environment the way some auditory directional instructions do. The belt interface was evaluated in a controlled study with 10 blind individuals and compared to the audio guidance. The experiments were videotaped and the participants' behaviors and comments were content analyzed. Completion times and deviations from ideal paths were also collected and statistically analyzed. By triangulating the quantitative and qualitative data, we found that the belt resulted in closer path following to the expense of speed. In general, the participants were positive about the use of vibrotactile belt to provide directional guidance.

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Terenti MRupin MReynal BGrisoni LVatavu R(2024)The Eclectic User Experience of Combined On-Screen and On-Wrist Vibrotactile Feedback in Touchscreen InputExtended Abstracts of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems10.1145/3613905.3650835(1-7)Online publication date: 11-May-2024
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Index Terms

Vibrotactile Guidance for Wayfinding of Blind Walkers
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
    1. Interaction devices
      1. Haptic devices
    2. Interaction paradigms
2. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. Computing profession
      1. Assistive technologies
  2. User characteristics
    1. People with disabilities

Index terms have been assigned to the content through auto-classification.

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IEEE Transactions on Haptics Volume 8, Issue 3

July-Sept. 2015

100 pages

ISSN:1939-1412

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https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3698152
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