Audio Tactile Maps (ATM) System for Environmental Exploration by Visually-impaired Individuals

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dc.contributor.authorPicinali, Lorenzoen_US
dc.contributor.authorO'Sullivan, Liamen_US
dc.contributor.authorCawthorne, Douglasen_US
dc.contributor.editorJerome Perret and Valter Basso and Francesco Ferrise and Kaj Helin and Vincent Lepetit and James Ritchie and Christoph Runde and Mascha van der Voort and Gabriel Zachmannen_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-12-17T13:09:06Z
dc.date.available2014-12-17T13:09:06Z
dc.date.issued2014en_US
dc.description.abstractNavigation within open and closed spaces requires analysis of a variety of acoustic, proprioceptive and tactile cues; a task that is well-developed in many visually-impaired individuals but for which sighted individuals rely almost entirely on vision. For the visually-impaired, the creation of a cognitive map of a space can be a long process for which the individual may repeat various paths numerous times. While this action is typically performed by the individual on-site, it is of some interest to investigate to what degree this task can be performed off-site using a virtual simulator. We propose a tactile map navigation system with interactive auditory display. The system is based on a paper tactile map upon which the user's hands are tracked. Audio feedback provides; (i) information on user-selected map features, (ii) dynamic navigation information as the hand is moved, (iii) guidance on how to reach the location of one hand (arrival point) from the location of the other hand (departure point) and (iv) additional interactive 3D-audio cues useful for navigation. This demo paper presents an overview of the initial technical development stage.en_US
dc.description.seriesinformationEuroVR 2014 - Conference and Exhibition of the European Association of Virtual and Augmented Realityen_US
dc.identifier.isbn978-3-905674-76-7en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.2312/eurovr.20141354en_US
dc.publisherThe Eurographics Associationen_US
dc.subjectH.3.3 [User Interfaces]en_US
dc.subjectAuditory (nonen_US
dc.subjectspeech) feedbacken_US
dc.subjectInput devices and strategies (e.g.en_US
dc.subjectmouseen_US
dc.subjecttouchscreen) K.4.2 [Social Issues]en_US
dc.subjectAssistive technologies for persons with disabilitiesen_US
dc.titleAudio Tactile Maps (ATM) System for Environmental Exploration by Visually-impaired Individualsen_US
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