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Presentation 2007-03-23 15:30
Relationship among braille reading speed, contact pressure, finger movements, and the attributes of braille readers.
Tetsuya Watanabe, Susumu Oouchi, Takeshi Kaneko, Toshimitsu Yamaguchi (Nat. Inst. of Special Education), Shigenobu Shimada (Tokyo Metro. Industrial Tech. Res. Inst.), Makoto Shimojo (Univ. of Electro-Comm.)
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(in English) We analyzed the relationship among braille reading speed, contact force, tactile movements, and attributes of thirty-two braille readers. As a result, we have found that braille reading speed is related to the age when braille was learned and the frequency of braille usage but not to tactile movements. Also, it was found that most of slower braille readers show a light contact force, whereas faster readers show a comparatively strong force that varies from person to person.
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(in English) Blind Persons / Braille / Reading Speed / Contact Force / Tactile Movements / Attributes of Readers / /  
Reference Info. IEICE Tech. Rep., vol. 106, no. 612, WIT2006-116, pp. 67-72, March 2007.
Paper # WIT2006-116 
Date of Issue 2007-03-16 (WIT) 
ISSN Print edition: ISSN 0913-5685
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Committee WIT  
Conference Date 2007-03-23 - 2007-03-24 
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Place (in English) Chukyo Univ 
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Conference Code 2007-03-WIT 
Language Japanese 
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Title (in English) Relationship among braille reading speed, contact pressure, finger movements, and the attributes of braille readers. 
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Keyword(1) Blind Persons  
Keyword(2) Braille  
Keyword(3) Reading Speed  
Keyword(4) Contact Force  
Keyword(5) Tactile Movements  
Keyword(6) Attributes of Readers  
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1st Author's Name Tetsuya Watanabe  
1st Author's Affiliation National Institute of Special Education (Nat. Inst. of Special Education)
2nd Author's Name Susumu Oouchi  
2nd Author's Affiliation National Institute of Special Education (Nat. Inst. of Special Education)
3rd Author's Name Takeshi Kaneko  
3rd Author's Affiliation National Institute of Special Education (Nat. Inst. of Special Education)
4th Author's Name Toshimitsu Yamaguchi  
4th Author's Affiliation National Institute of Special Education (Nat. Inst. of Special Education)
5th Author's Name Shigenobu Shimada  
5th Author's Affiliation Tokyo Metropolitan Industrial Technology Research Institute (Tokyo Metro. Industrial Tech. Res. Inst.)
6th Author's Name Makoto Shimojo  
6th Author's Affiliation The University of Electro-Communications (Univ. of Electro-Comm.)
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Date Time 2007-03-23 15:30:00 
Presentation Time 25 minutes 
Registration for WIT 
Paper # WIT2006-116 
Volume (vol) vol.106 
Number (no) no.612 
Page pp.67-72 
#Pages 6 
Date of Issue 2007-03-16 (WIT) 

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