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Wesee: Digital Cultural Heritage Interpretation for Blind and Low Vision People

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Abstract

When museums worldwide are introducing digital technology to help the heritage interpretation for visitors, blind and low vision (BLV) people are still excluded by various challenges. What BLV people need in museums is an in-depth learning and independent exploration process. However, the audio guide provided in museums is mostly simple descriptions, and cultural relics can not be touched, which cannot meet the cultural needs of BLV people. In this paper, we designed and implemented Wesee, an interactive platform that combined interactive narrative, voice interaction, and tactile interaction, to help BLV people experience cultural heritage more independently and interactively. The preliminary evaluation was conducted with 20 BLV participants. The results show that this platform is effective in helping BLV people experience cultural heritage.

Y. Luo and W. Lin–Co-authors Supported by Shenzhen Key Laboratory of next-generation interactive media innovative technology (No: ZDSYS20210623092001004).

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  1. Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Guangdong, China

    Yalan Luo, Yuhan Liu, Xiaomei Nie, Xiang Qian & Hanyu Guo

  2. Peking University, Beijing, China

    Weiyue Lin

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  1. University of West London, London, UK

    José Abdelnour Nocera

  2. Reykjavik University, Reykjavik, Iceland

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  3. University of York, York, UK

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  4. University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy

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Luo, Y., Lin, W., Liu, Y., Nie, X., Qian, X., Guo, H. (2023). Wesee: Digital Cultural Heritage Interpretation for Blind and Low Vision People. In: Abdelnour Nocera, J., Kristín Lárusdóttir, M., Petrie, H., Piccinno, A., Winckler, M. (eds) Human-Computer Interaction – INTERACT 2023. INTERACT 2023. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 14142. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-42280-5_8

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