Exploring the functional specifications of a localized wayfinding verbal aid for blind pedestrians: Simple and structured urban areas

Human-Computer Interaction

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 267-314

  Gaunet, Florence ^a,b   Briffault, Xavier ^a,c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b Université Diderot Paris 7   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLIND PEDESTRIANS; FUNCTIONAL SPECIFICATIONS; ROUTE DESCRIPTIONS; USER-CENTERED DESIGN; VERBAL WAYFINDING AID;

ALARM SYSTEMS; DATA REDUCTION; INTERSECTIONS; PEDESTRIAN SAFETY; ROADS AND STREETS; TRANSPORTATION ROUTES;

MOBILITY AIDS FOR BLIND PERSONS;

EID: 30344455333     PISSN: 07370024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327051hci2003_2     Document Type: Article

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