Haptic perception of document structure for visually impaired people on handled devices
The dissemination of information available through the World Wide Web makes universal
access more and more important and supports visually impaired people (VIP) in their
everyday life. To access this information, VIP use screen readers to extract the textual
information, which is displayed on the screen. The extracted two-dimensional information is
linearized and is either written in Braille on a special output device or presented by voice
output. However, on the one hand, some studies showed that impaired populations prefer to …
access more and more important and supports visually impaired people (VIP) in their
everyday life. To access this information, VIP use screen readers to extract the textual
information, which is displayed on the screen. The extracted two-dimensional information is
linearized and is either written in Braille on a special output device or presented by voice
output. However, on the one hand, some studies showed that impaired populations prefer to …