Designing sound tools and toys for blind and visually impaired children

Proceedings of the 2004 Conference on Interaction Design and Children: Building a Community, IDC 2004

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 65-72

  McElligott, Joanne ^a   Van Leeuwen, Lieselotte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Audio tactile; Autonomous play; Co design; Inclusive design; Multi sensory; Surround sound

Indexed keywords

AUDIO ACOUSTICS; COMPUTER GAMES;

AUDIO-TACTILE; AUTONOMOUS PLAY; CO-DESIGNS; INCLUSIVE DESIGN; MULTI-SENSORY; SURROUND SOUND;

DESIGN;

EID: 34748902720     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1017833.1017842     Document Type: Conference Paper

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