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A Non-Visual Approach To Improving Collaboration Between Blind And Sighted Internet Users

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posted on 2023-06-08, 06:31 authored by Ravi Kuber, Wai Yu, Graham McAllister
Assistive technologies have widened access to the Web, by providing a non-visual representation of page content for blind individuals. However, restrictions imposed by screen readers and Braille output devices have led to the development of mental representations of a web page, which differ considerably from the visual layout. As a result, both blind and sighted users find it difficult to perform joint web-based tasks. In this paper, we have applied a structured participatory-based approach to develop haptic sensations to assist the collaborative process. Preliminary results are reported and on-going development is discussed. It is anticipated that findings from the study will inform a haptic framework, which will assist developers when designing an accessible collaborative interface, using the benefits which the sense of touch can offer.

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Publication status

  • Published

Publisher

SPRINGER-VERLAG BERLIN

Pages

10.0

Presentation Type

  • paper

Event name

International Conference on Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction held at the HCI International 2007

Event location

Beijing, PEOPLES R CHINA

Event type

conference

ISBN

978-3-540-73282-2

Department affiliated with

  • Informatics Publications

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  • No

Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Editors

C Stephanidis

Legacy Posted Date

2012-02-06

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