Name
Title | ||
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Communicating Multimodal Wayfinding Messages For Visually Impaired People Via Wearables |
Abstract | ||
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People with a visual impairment (PVI) often experience difficulties with wayfinding. Current navigation applications have limited communication channels and do not provide detailed enough information to support PVI. By transmitting wayfinding information via multimodal channels and combining these with wearables, we can provide tailored information for wayfinding and reduce the cognitive load. This study presents a framework for multimodal wayfinding communication via smartwatch. The framework consists of four modalities: audio, voice, tactile and visual. Audio and voice messages are transmitted using a bone conduction headphone, keeping the ears free to focus on the environment. With a smartwatch vibrations are directed to a sensitive part of the body (i.e., the wrist), making it easier to sense the vibrations. Icons and short textual feedback are viewed on the display of the watch, allowing for hands-free navigation. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
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2019 | 10.1145/3338286.3344419 | PROCEEDINGS OF THE 21ST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION WITH MOBILE DEVICES AND SERVICES (MOBILEHCI'19) |
Keywords | Field | DocType |
Wayfinding, Visually impaired, Assistive technology, Smartphone, Smartwatch, Multimodal feedback, Tactile, Bone conduction, Ubiquitous computing | Wearable computer,Computer science,Human–computer interaction | Conference |
Citations | PageRank | References |
0 | 0.34 | 0 |
Authors | ||
3 | ||
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joey van der Bie | 1 | 0 | 0.68 |
| Somaya Ben Allouch | 2 | 166 | 16.37 |
| Christina Jaschinski | 3 | 8 | 2.39 |