Reaching out: Investigating different modalities to help people with visual impairments acquire items

Sooyeon Lee, Chien Wen Yuan, Benjamin V. Hanrahan, Mary Beth Rosson, John M. Carroll

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Abstract

We present a lab study of multiple feedback designs for guiding small-scale arm-and-hand movement for people with visual impairments (PVI), so that they can reach out to and grasp an item on a shelf. Little attention has been paid to the guidance of small-scale arm-and-hand movements by PVI, yet this is an essential element of product acquisition in a grocery shopping task and other similar daily activities. We developed a feedback interface that allowed us to explore two types of auditory feedback (speech and tones), haptic vibration feedback, and a combination of both. The result of the study demonstrated that the multi-modal navigational feedback, specifically speech and haptic, was the most effective and preferred mode for small-scale navigation.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationASSETS 2017 - Proceedings of the 19th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery, Inc
Pages389-390
Number of pages2
ISBN (Electronic)9781450349260
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 19 2017
Externally publishedYes
Event19th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility, ASSETS 2017 - Baltimore, United States
Duration: Oct 29 2017Nov 1 2017

Publication series

NameASSETS 2017 - Proceedings of the 19th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

Conference

Conference19th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility, ASSETS 2017
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityBaltimore
Period10/29/1711/1/17

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Human-Computer Interaction
  • Software
  • Hardware and Architecture
  • Computer Networks and Communications

Keywords

  • Auditory feedback
  • Haptic feedback
  • Multimodal feedback
  • People with visual impairment

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