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V-braille: haptic braille perception using a touch-screen and vibration on mobile phones

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ASSETS '10: Proceedings of the 12th international ACM SIGACCESS conference on Computers and accessibility

Pages 295 - 296

https://doi.org/10.1145/1878803.1878878

Published: 25 October 2010 Publication History

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V-Braille is a novel way to haptically represent Braille characters on a standard mobile phone using the touch-screen and vibration. V-Braille may be suitable for deaf-blind people who rely primarily on their tactile sense. A preliminary study with deaf-blind Braille users found that, with minimal training, V-Braille can be used to read individual characters and sentences.

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V-braille: haptic braille perception using a touch-screen and vibration on mobile phones
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
    1. Interaction devices
      1. Haptic devices
2. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. Computing profession
      1. Assistive technologies
  2. User characteristics
    1. People with disabilities

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ASSETS '10: Proceedings of the 12th international ACM SIGACCESS conference on Computers and accessibility

October 2010

346 pages

ISBN:9781605588810

DOI:10.1145/1878803

General Chair:
Armando Barreto
Florida International University, USA
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Vicki L. Hanson
University of Dundee, UK

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Published: 25 October 2010

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