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An Evaluation of Access method to GUIs and EPG Table Using Tactile Interface for Visually impaired People
Tadahiro SAKAI, Satoru KONDOH, Takuya HANDA, Takayuki ITOH,
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Abstract(in English) With the aim of improving access to digital broadcast information for viewers with visual disabilities-blind and partially sighted users, people who are both blind and deaf, etc.-we are researching and developing an information barrier-free receiving system and methods of presenting information. Data broadcasting and electronic program guides (EPGs) rely heavily on navigating a graphical user interface (GUI) environment in much the same way as computers and the Web. Unfortunately, our ability to grasp visually presented information such as GUI navigational screens and tables through sequential audio description and Braille is still far from adequate. This motivated our present work aimed at making it easier for the visually impaired to understand data broadcast menu screens, hierarchical structures, and EPGs and to access information through a combination of tactile display techniques that enables them to spatially grasp the information. In this paper we present an overview and assess the performance of a tactile display method and access scheme based on a two-dimensional tactile display and a tactile interface featuring movable keys arranged in a grid pattern.
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Keyword(in English) Visually Impairment / Tactile Interface / GUIs / Tactile Display / accessibility
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Title (in English) An Evaluation of Access method to GUIs and EPG Table Using Tactile Interface for Visually impaired People
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Keyword(1) Visually Impairment
Keyword(2) Tactile Interface
Keyword(3) GUIs
Keyword(4) Tactile Display
Keyword(5) accessibility
1st Author's Name Tadahiro SAKAI
1st Author's Affiliation NHK Science & Technical Research Lab.()
2nd Author's Name Satoru KONDOH
2nd Author's Affiliation NHK Science & Technical Research Lab.
3rd Author's Name Takuya HANDA
3rd Author's Affiliation NHK Science & Technical Research Lab.
4th Author's Name Takayuki ITOH
4th Author's Affiliation NHK Science & Technical Research Lab.
Date 2006/1/6
Paper # TL2005-39,WIT2005-64
Volume (vol) vol.105
Number (no) 506
Page pp.pp.-
#Pages 6
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