Clutching at straws: Using tangible interaction to provide non-visual access to graphs

Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

Volumn 3, Issue , 2010, Pages 1715-1724

  McGookin, David ^a   Robertson, Euan ^a   Brewster, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

graphs; haptic interaction; tangible user interface; visual impairment

Indexed keywords

DESIGN REQUIREMENTS; GRAPH CONSTRUCTION; HAPTIC INTERACTIONS; NON-SPEECH AUDIO; PAPER-BASED MATERIALS; TANGIBLE INTERACTION; TANGIBLE USER INTERFACES; VISUAL ACCESS; VISUAL GRAPH; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VISUALLY-IMPAIRED USERS;

DATA VISUALIZATION; ELASTIC DEFORMATION; HAPTIC INTERFACES; HUMAN ENGINEERING; OPHTHALMOLOGY;

TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

EID: 77953967493     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1753326.1753583     Document Type: Conference Paper

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