Paper Info
Title
The TactoBook: A portable electronic tactile reading device for the blind.
Abstract
This paper introduces a novel concept on reading assistive technologies for the blind/visually impaired: the TactoBook, a system that is able to translate entire text books to Braille code and to reproduce them in portable electronic touch stimulation devices. The TactoBook consists of a computer-based system that translates fast and automatically any text book into Braille. The Braille version of the book is then stored in a USB memory drive which is later inserted and reproduced in a compact, lightweight and highly-portable tactile display. The user freely explores the information displayed and is able to read comfortably the book without carrying the burdensome tactile print one.
Year
DOI
Venue
2007
10.3182/20070904-3-KR-2922.00038
IFAC Proceedings Volumes
Keywords
Field
DocType
Assistive device,tactile display,ebooks,tactile books,shape memory alloys (SMAs)
Tactile display,Human–computer interaction,Engineering,Multimedia,Braille,USB
Conference
Volume
Issue
ISSN
40
16
1474-6670
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
3
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Ramiro Velazquez17612.41
Edwige E. Pissaloux29424.49