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An Audio-Haptic Mobile Guide for Non-Visual Navigation and Orientation

Rassmus-Gröhn, Kirsten LU orcid ; Molina, Miguel LU ; Magnusson, Charlotte LU orcid and Szymczak, Delphine LU (2010) 5th International Workshop on Haptic and Audio Interaction Design (HAID) p.33-35
Abstract
People who have visual impairments may have difficulties navigating freely and without personal assistance, and some are even afraid to go out alone. Current navigation devices with non-visual feedback are quite expensive, few, and are in general focused on routing and target finding. We have developed a test prototype application for Android in which a user may scan for map information using the mobile phone as a pointing device to orient herself and to choose targets for navigation and be guided to them. It has previously been shown that scanning for and pointing at potential points of interest and receiving information about them works, however, there is still an issue about how to combine direction information with overview... (More)
People who have visual impairments may have difficulties navigating freely and without personal assistance, and some are even afraid to go out alone. Current navigation devices with non-visual feedback are quite expensive, few, and are in general focused on routing and target finding. We have developed a test prototype application for Android in which a user may scan for map information using the mobile phone as a pointing device to orient herself and to choose targets for navigation and be guided to them. It has previously been shown that scanning for and pointing at potential points of interest and receiving information about them works, however, there is still an issue about how to combine direction information with overview information, particularly in a non-visual use situation. (Less)
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keywords
non-visual, interaction, navigation, GPS, compass, audio-haptic
host publication
Poster Proceedings from 5th International Workshop on Haptic and Audio Interaction Design (HAID)
pages
3 pages
conference name
5th International Workshop on Haptic and Audio Interaction Design (HAID)
conference location
Copenhagen, Denmark
conference dates
2010-09-17
project
HaptiMap - Haptic, Audio and Visual Interfaces for Maps and Location Based Services
language
English
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yes
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http://media.aau.dk/haid10/HAIDposters.pdf
http://www.english.certec.lth.se/haptics/HaptiMap/37-AudioHapticGuide-print.pdf
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  abstract     = {{People who have visual impairments may have difficulties navigating freely and without personal assistance, and some are even afraid to go out alone. Current navigation devices with non-visual feedback are quite expensive, few, and are in general focused on routing and target finding. We have developed a test prototype application for Android in which a user may scan for map information using the mobile phone as a pointing device to orient herself and to choose targets for navigation and be guided to them. It has previously been shown that scanning for and pointing at potential points of interest and receiving information about them works, however, there is still an issue about how to combine direction information with overview information, particularly in a non-visual use situation.}},
  author       = {{Rassmus-Gröhn, Kirsten and Molina, Miguel and Magnusson, Charlotte and Szymczak, Delphine}},
  booktitle    = {{Poster Proceedings from 5th International Workshop on Haptic and Audio Interaction Design (HAID)}},
  keywords     = {{non-visual; interaction; navigation; GPS; compass; audio-haptic}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{33--35}},
  title        = {{An Audio-Haptic Mobile Guide for Non-Visual Navigation and Orientation}},
  url          = {{https://lup.lub.lu.se/search/files/6337885/3045607.pdf}},
  year         = {{2010}},
}