Presentation 2023-02-18
Differences that Occur When Tactile Symbols Created by the Two Methods are Touched
Shu Mineta, Tetsuya Watanabe,
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Abstract(in English) An experiment was conducted on sighted and blind participants to clarify whether the rate of correct responses and response time changed depending on the difference between conventional capsule paper and high-definition tactile graphics printer. In the experiment, eight types of geometric tactile symbols were tactually explored, and discrimination time and shape judgments were recorded. The results showed that the stimuli on the capsule paper were judged significantly faster by the blind participants. The percentage of correct responses did not differ significantly depending on the printing method, but the confusion matrices showed that the filled symbols tended to be difficult to recognize with the high-definition tactile graphics printer. A comparison of the response time and the percentage of correct responses to tactile symbols between the sighted and blind participants showed no significant difference in both printing methods.
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Keyword(in English) blind and visually impaired people / tactile map / tactile symbol / high-definition tactile graphics printer / microcapsule paper
Paper # WIT2022-17
Date of Issue 2023-02-11 (WIT)

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Committee WIT / ASJ-H
Conference Date 2023/2/18(1days)
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Chair Shinji Sakou(Nagoya Inst. of Tech.) / Toshio Irino(Wakayama Univ.)
Vice Chair Tomohiro Amemiya(Univ. of Tokyo) / Shuichi Sakamoto(Tohoku Univ.)
Secretary Tomohiro Amemiya(Saitama Industrial Tech. Center) / Shuichi Sakamoto(Teikyo Univ.)
Assistant Minako Hosono(AIST) / Aki Sugano(Nagoya Univ.) / Tomoyasu Komori(NHK)

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Language JPN
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Title (in English) Differences that Occur When Tactile Symbols Created by the Two Methods are Touched
Sub Title (in English) Capsule Paper and High-Definition Tactile Graphics Printer
Keyword(1) blind and visually impaired people
Keyword(2) tactile map
Keyword(3) tactile symbol
Keyword(4) high-definition tactile graphics printer
Keyword(5) microcapsule paper
1st Author's Name Shu Mineta
1st Author's Affiliation Niigata University(Niigata Univ.)
2nd Author's Name Tetsuya Watanabe
2nd Author's Affiliation Niigata University(Niigata Univ.)
Date 2023-02-18
Paper # WIT2022-17
Volume (vol) vol.122
Number (no) WIT-383
Page pp.pp.20-25(WIT),
#Pages 6
Date of Issue 2023-02-11 (WIT)