Learning non-visual graphical information using a touch-based vibro-audio interface

ASSETS'12 - Proceedings of the 14th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 103-110

  Giudice, Nicholas A ^a   Palani, Hari Prasath ^a   Brenner, Eric ^b   Kramer, Kevin M ^b  

^a University of Maine   (United States)

^b Advanced Medical Electronics Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Accessibility blind and visually impaired assistive technology; Android programming; Audio cues; Graphs and diagrams; Haptic cues; Information graphics

Indexed keywords

ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY; AUDIO CUES; GRAPHS AND DIAGRAMS; HAPTIC CUES; INFORMATION GRAPHICS;

COMPUTER GRAPHICS; PATTERN RECOGNITION;

INTERFACES (MATERIALS);

EID: 84869775921     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2384916.2384935     Document Type: Conference Paper

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