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Dialog Support for Deafblind Persons by Conveying Backchannels through Vibration

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Computers Helping People with Special Needs (ICCHP 2008)

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We conducted an experiment using vibration system, by which a deafblind participant, communicating through an interpreter, could directly receive back-channel feedback from a conversational partner. Statistical analysis of the interaction structure showed that the back-channel vibration increased his turn-taking and interactivity of communication. And, from a qualitative analysis of video data, we found that the experience of receiving back-channel feedback caused a change in his haptic behavior in usual communication. Our results indicate that low mental workload and learnability of this vibration system allow deaf-blind persons to improve their communication.

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  1. Nambu, M., Okamoto, A., Sakajiri, M., Miyoshi, S.: Communication of Deaf-Blind Persons Using Vibrating Device: A Preliminary Experiment. Technical report, Well-being Information Technology (WIT), IEICE (2006) (in Japanese)

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  1. School of Systems Information Science, Future University-Hakodate, 116-2 Kamedanakano, Hakodate, Hokkaido, 051-8655, Japan

    Misako Nambu

  2. Research and Support Center on Higher Education for the Hearing and Visually Impaired, Tsukuba University of Technology, 4-3-15 Amakubo, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8520, Japan

    Akira Okamoto & Shigeki Miyoshi

  3. Faculty of Health Science, Tsukuba University of Technology, 4-12-7 Kasuga, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8521, Japan

    Masatsugu Sakajiri

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  1. Misako Nambu
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Klaus Miesenberger Joachim Klaus Wolfgang Zagler Arthur Karshmer

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Nambu, M., Okamoto, A., Miyoshi, S., Sakajiri, M. (2008). Dialog Support for Deafblind Persons by Conveying Backchannels through Vibration. In: Miesenberger, K., Klaus, J., Zagler, W., Karshmer, A. (eds) Computers Helping People with Special Needs. ICCHP 2008. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5105. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-70540-6_99

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