Spatialized audio environmental awareness for blind users with a smartphone

Mobile Networks and Applications

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 295-309

  Blum, Jeffrey R ^a   Bouchard, Mathieu ^a   Cooperstock, Jeremy R ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Audio augmented reality; Blind navigation; GPS; Smartphone; Spatialized audio

Indexed keywords

ASSISTIVE NAVIGATIONS; AUDIO AUGMENTED REALITY; BLIND NAVIGATION; DEPLOYABLE SYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS; QUALITATIVE FEEDBACK; SENSORY SUBSTITUTION; SPATIALIZED AUDIO;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; SIGNAL ENCODING;

SMARTPHONES;

EID: 84878735543     PISSN: 1383469X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11036-012-0425-8     Document Type: Article

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