Vibrotactile feedback as an orientation aid for blind users of mobile guides

MobileHCI 2008 - Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 431-434

  Ghiani, Giuseppe ^a   Leporini, Barbara ^a   Paternò, Fabio ^a  

^a ISTI CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Design; Experimentation; Human factors

Indexed keywords

BLIND USERS; EXPERIMENTATION; HARDWARE/SOFTWARE; HUMAN FACTORS; MOBILE GUIDES; MUSEUM GUIDES; TAGGED OBJECTS; USER EVALUATIONS; VIBROTACTILE FEEDBACKS;

COMPUTERS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; MOBILE DEVICES; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 65449122017     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1409240.1409306     Document Type: Conference Paper

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