| Presentation | 2014-03-07 A Survey on the Use of Cell Phones, Smartphones, and Tablets among People with Visual Impairments 2013 Tetsuya WATANABE, Toshimitsu YAMAGUCHI, Kazunori MINATANI, |
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| Abstract(in English) | A survey was conducted on the use of ICT by visually impaired people. Among 304 respondents, 246 people used cell phones, 81 smartphones, 44 tablets, and 290 personal computers. People with grade 1 disability used cell phones with a higher rate and, on the contrary, smartphones and tablets with a lower rate compared with people with grade 2 or lower. To ease the use of ICT devices, most people with grade 1 disability used screen reading while as people with grade 2 or lower used screen magnifying, high contrast, magnified fonts along with screen reading. Merits of using smartphones and tablets for people with low vision were maps, train route finders, and legible screens and for blind people object recognition apps. Problems in using smartphones and tablets were difficulty in typing on and operating touchscreens both. |
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| Keyword(in English) | Visually Impaired People / Cell Phones / Smartphones / Tablets / User Survey |
| Paper # | WIT2013-71 |
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| Committee | WIT |
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| Conference Date | 2014/2/28(1days) |
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| Language | JPN |
| Title (in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
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| Title (in English) | A Survey on the Use of Cell Phones, Smartphones, and Tablets among People with Visual Impairments 2013 |
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| Keyword(1) | Visually Impaired People |
| Keyword(2) | Cell Phones |
| Keyword(3) | Smartphones |
| Keyword(4) | Tablets |
| Keyword(5) | User Survey |
| 1st Author's Name | Tetsuya WATANABE |
| 1st Author's Affiliation | Department of Biocybernetics, Faculty of Engineering, University of Niigata() |
| 2nd Author's Name | Toshimitsu YAMAGUCHI |
| 2nd Author's Affiliation | Graduate School of Science and Technology, University of Niigata |
| 3rd Author's Name | Kazunori MINATANI |
| 3rd Author's Affiliation | National Center for University Entrance Examinations |
| Date | 2014-03-07 |
| Paper # | WIT2013-71 |
| Volume (vol) | vol.113 |
| Number (no) | 481 |
| Page | pp.pp.- |
| #Pages | 6 |
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