Using tactile rhythm to convey interpersonal distances to individuals who are blind

Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 4669-4674

  McDaniel, Troy ^a   Krishna, Sreekar ^a   Colbry, Dirk ^a   Panchanathan, Sethuraman ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assistive technology; Haptic belt; Haptic icons; Tactile icons; Tactons; Vibrotactile belt

Indexed keywords

ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY; HAPTIC BELT; HAPTIC ICONS; TACTILE ICONS; TACTONS; VIBROTACTILE BELT;

ABSTRACTING; HUMAN ENGINEERING;

COMPUTER SCIENCE;

EID: 70349163709     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1520340.1520718     Document Type: Conference Paper

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