Assistive technologies and the visually impaired: A digital ecosystem perspective

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Calder, David J ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ambient sound cues; Assistive technology; Disabled; Infrared; Laser; Long cane; Obstacle warning displays; Portable electronic device; Sensory channels; Sound interface displays; Ultrasonic pulse echo; Visually impaired

Indexed keywords

ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY; DISABLED; INFRARED; LONG CANE; OBSTACLE WARNING; PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICES; SENSORY CHANNELS; SOUND CUES; SOUND INTERFACE; ULTRASONIC PULSE-ECHO; VISUALLY IMPAIRED;

AUDITION; ECOSYSTEMS; INFRARED LASERS; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; TECHNOLOGY; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; ULTRASONICS; USER INTERFACES;

ELECTRON DEVICES;

EID: 77956278984     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1839294.1839296     Document Type: Conference Paper

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