| Presentation | 2017-08-28 A User Survey of the Tactile Graphics Conversion Service for the Blind Tetsuya Watanabe, Makoto Kobayashi, Kazunori Minatani, |
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| Abstract(in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Abstract(in English) | Visual graphics can be accessible by raising the lines of the graphics and converting printed letters into Braille. When this conversion is done on demand of individual blind person, it is called private tactile graphics conversion service, which has not been yet established as a common welfare service for the blind in Japan. Thus, for the future prevalence of this service, a nation-wide user survey was conducted. Among 202 respondents, only 16 people (7.6 %) were using this service. The top provider of this service was Braille transcription circles, followed by Braille libraries, Braille transcription volunteers, and friends and acquaintances. The top converted graphics were maps. Two thirds of the clients were using these services at a frequency of once in a few months or less. The problems faced in using these services were long waiting times for the graphics to be converted, hardness to understand the tactile graphics, and the problems accompanying tactile graphics production. |
| Keyword(in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Keyword(in English) | Blind People / Tactile Graphics / User Survey |
| Paper # | WIT2017-14 |
| Date of Issue | 2017-08-21 (WIT) |
| Conference Information | |
| Committee | WIT |
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| Conference Date | 2017/8/28(2days) |
| Place (in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Place (in English) | Faculty of Engineering Science, Akita Univ. |
| Topics (in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Topics (in English) | Well-being Information Technology, etc. |
| Chair | Chikamune Wada(Kyushu Inst. of Tech.) |
| Vice Chair | Daisuke Wakatsuki(Tsukuba Univ. of Tech.) |
| Secretary | Daisuke Wakatsuki(Nagoya Inst. of Tech.) |
| Assistant | Takeaki Shionome(*) / Manabi Miyagi(Tsukuba Univ. of Tech.) / Takashi Handa(Saitama Industrial Technology Center) |
| Paper Information | |
| Registration To | Technical Committee on Well-being Information Technology |
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| Language | JPN |
| Title (in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Sub Title (in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Title (in English) | A User Survey of the Tactile Graphics Conversion Service for the Blind |
| Sub Title (in English) | |
| Keyword(1) | Blind People |
| Keyword(2) | Tactile Graphics |
| Keyword(3) | User Survey |
| 1st Author's Name | Tetsuya Watanabe |
| 1st Author's Affiliation | Niigata University(Niigata Univ.) |
| 2nd Author's Name | Makoto Kobayashi |
| 2nd Author's Affiliation | Tsukuba University of Technology(Tsukuba Univ. of Tech.) |
| 3rd Author's Name | Kazunori Minatani |
| 3rd Author's Affiliation | National Center for University Entrance Examinations(DNC) |
| Date | 2017-08-28 |
| Paper # | WIT2017-14 |
| Volume (vol) | vol.117 |
| Number (no) | WIT-188 |
| Page | pp.pp.1-5(WIT), |
| #Pages | 5 |
| Date of Issue | 2017-08-21 (WIT) |