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An Empirical Study of Haptic-Audio Based Online Shopping System for the Blind

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Haptic Interaction (AsiaHaptics 2016)

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The objective of this study was to demonstrate a haptic-audio based system which could enable the blind to shop online independently. The goal was to find out whether a web design with haptic and audio modality, speech recognition and speech synthesizer are usable for shopping and product evaluation. The results showed that an active framed three-section layout design with directed dialogue and cues, along with a haptic-audio enabled browser and a low-cost Falcon device is usable for the blind to navigate, interact, access and haptically evaluate online products; a VoiceXML based shopping cart can enable the blind to interact and verify the cart content; and a voice recognition based payment system can enable them to make online payment.

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Acknowledgements

Study was supported by Grant—Sunway-Lancaster (Grant No: SGSSL-FST-CSNS-0114-04) at Sunway University, Malaysia.

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  1. Faculty of Science and Technology, Sunway University, Subang Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia

    Eu Jin Wong & Kian Meng Yap

  2. School of Computing and Communications, Lancaster University, Lancashire, UK

    Jason Alexander & Abhijit Karnik

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Correspondence to Eu Jin Wong .

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  1. Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

    Shoichi Hasegawa

  2. Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan

    Masashi Konyo

  3. Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Daejeon, Korea (Republic of)

    Ki-Uk Kyung

  4. The University of Electro-Communications, Tokyo, Japan

    Takuya Nojima

  5. The University of Electro-Communications, Tokyo, Japan

    Hiroyuki Kajimoto

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Wong, E.J., Yap, K.M., Alexander, J., Karnik, A. (2018). An Empirical Study of Haptic-Audio Based Online Shopping System for the Blind. In: Hasegawa, S., Konyo, M., Kyung, KU., Nojima, T., Kajimoto, H. (eds) Haptic Interaction. AsiaHaptics 2016. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 432. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-4157-0_70

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