Article in Proceedings INPROC-2007-123

BibliographyHub, Andreas; Kombrink, Stefan; Bosse, Klaus; Ertl, Thomas: TANIA – A Tactile-Acoustical Navigation and Information Assistant for the 2007 CSUN Conference.
In: Proceedings of the California State University, Northridge Center on Disabilities' 22nd Annual International Technology and Persons with Disabilities Conference (CSUN 2007); March 19-24; Los Angeles,CA, USA.
University of Stuttgart : Collaborative Research Center SFB 627 (Nexus: World Models for Mobile Context-Based Systems).
pp. 1-4, english.
Los Angeles: Online, March 2007.
Article in Proceedings (Conference Paper).
CR-SchemaH.5.2 (Information Interfaces and Presentation User Interfaces)
K.4.2 (Computers and Society Social Issues)
KeywordsIndoor Navigation; Blind Users; Impaired Vision; Mobile Computing
Abstract

A navigation assistant based on a tactile-acoustical interface and augmented map information is presented, affording blind people real and virtual explorations of the 2007 CSUN Conference environment. By tapping on a touch screen, hotel layout and conference-related data are provided.

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Contactandreas.hub@vis.uni-stuttgart.de
Department(s)University of Stuttgart, Institute of Visualisation and Interactive Systems, Visualisation and Interactive Systems
Project(s)SFB-627, D2 (University of Stuttgart, Institute of Visualisation and Interactive Systems, Visualisation and Interactive Systems)
Entry dateNovember 4, 2009