A user study on tactile graphic generation methods

Behaviour and Information Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 297-311

  Krufka, S E ^a   Barner, K E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blindness; Edge detection; Scalable vector graphics; Tactile pictures

Indexed keywords

CONTROL SYSTEMS; EDGE DETECTION; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY;

BLINDNESS; GRAPHIC GENERATION METHODS; SCALABLE VECTOR GRAPHICS; TACTILE PICTURES;

GRAPHIC METHODS;

EID: 33745615118     PISSN: 0144929X     EISSN: 13623001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01449290600636694     Document Type: Conference Paper

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