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Construction and exploration of an interactive and collaborative map for the visually impaired

Construction and exploration of an interactive and collaborative map for the visually impaired SIGACCESS Newsletter Issue 114 January 2016 CONSTRUCTION AND EXPLORATION OF AN INTERACTIVE AND COLLABORATIVE MAP FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED Julie Ducasse IRIT, University of Toulouse & CNRS julie.ducasse@irit.fr Abstract The lack of tactile feedback is the main barrier that prevents access to 2D maps for visually impaired people. Artisanal techniques are used to produce tactile maps that can be explored by visually impaired people. Yet these are often expensive, take a long time to produce and, once printed, cannot be physically updated. Interactive maps can lessen these problems, and a recent study proved that interactive tactile maps are more usable than raised-line maps [2]. We plan to further improve the accessibility of maps by allowing visually impaired users to dynamically construct, explore or annotate a map, while also allowing several users to collaborate around it. To do so, we are particularly focusing on tabletop tangible interfaces, as they proved efficient for interacting with maps and also for supporting collaborative work. The usability of the prototypes and the resulting spatial representations will be evaluated. Context and Motivations There are around 285 visually impaired people in the world [17]. For most of them, and especially for blind people, maps and http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png ACM SIGACCESS Accessibility and Computing Association for Computing Machinery

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Association for Computing Machinery
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Copyright © 2016 by ACM Inc.
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1558-2337
DOI
10.1145/2904092.2904099
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SIGACCESS Newsletter Issue 114 January 2016 CONSTRUCTION AND EXPLORATION OF AN INTERACTIVE AND COLLABORATIVE MAP FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED Julie Ducasse IRIT, University of Toulouse & CNRS julie.ducasse@irit.fr Abstract The lack of tactile feedback is the main barrier that prevents access to 2D maps for visually impaired people. Artisanal techniques are used to produce tactile maps that can be explored by visually impaired people. Yet these are often expensive, take a long time to produce and, once printed, cannot be physically updated. Interactive maps can lessen these problems, and a recent study proved that interactive tactile maps are more usable than raised-line maps [2]. We plan to further improve the accessibility of maps by allowing visually impaired users to dynamically construct, explore or annotate a map, while also allowing several users to collaborate around it. To do so, we are particularly focusing on tabletop tangible interfaces, as they proved efficient for interacting with maps and also for supporting collaborative work. The usability of the prototypes and the resulting spatial representations will be evaluated. Context and Motivations There are around 285 visually impaired people in the world [17]. For most of them, and especially for blind people, maps and

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ACM SIGACCESS Accessibility and ComputingAssociation for Computing Machinery

Published: Mar 16, 2016

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