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Which ranges of intensities are more perceptible for non-visual vibro-tactile navigation on touch-screen devices

Published: 08 November 2017 Publication History

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In this paper, we examine the performance of blind individuals in discriminating ranges of amplitudes through vibro-tactile feedbacks.

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VRST '17: Proceedings of the 23rd ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology
November 2017
437 pages
ISBN:9781450355483
DOI:10.1145/3139131
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Published: 08 November 2017

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  1. accessibility
  2. vibro-tactile feedbacks
  3. visually impaired users

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  • (2020)Layout Transposition for Non-Visual Navigation of Web Pages by Tactile Feedback on Mobile DevicesMicromachines10.3390/mi1104037611:4(376)Online publication date: 3-Apr-2020
  • (2019)Concurrent Speech Synthesis to Improve Document First Glance for the Blind2019 International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition Workshops (ICDARW)10.1109/ICDARW.2019.20046(10-17)Online publication date: Sep-2019

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