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Spaghetti, Sink and Sarcophagus: Design Explorations of Tactile Artworks for Visually Impaired People

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NordiCHI '16: Proceedings of the 9th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction

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https://doi.org/10.1145/2971485.2996471

Published: 23 October 2016 Publication History

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Technology holds significant value for supporting visually impaired people in experiencing cultural heritage. Creating tactile adaptions of artifacts or paintings is a challenging task that comprises the need for a careful surface design, a good choice of material and interaction design sensible to the needs and abilities of the target group. This work presents three design explorations aiming at better understanding material qualities and effective interaction modalities. Along with a description of the design explorations, we present feedback from visually impaired museum visitors collected in field trials.

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1. Human-centered computing
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October 2016

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ISBN:9781450347631

DOI:10.1145/2971485

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Staffan Björk
University of Gothenburg
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Chalmers University of Technology
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Chalmers University of Technology
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University of Aarhus
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