Current use and future perspectives of spatial audio technologies in electronic travel aids

S Spagnol, G Wersényi, M Bujacz… - Wireless …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Electronic travel aids (ETAs) have been in focus since technology allowed designing
relatively small, light, and mobile devices for assisting the visually impaired. Since visually …

[HTML][HTML] Sonification of navigation instructions for people with visual impairment

D Ahmetovic, F Avanzini, A Baratè, C Bernareggi… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Navigation assistance services for people with visual impairment pose the challenge of
providing accurate guidance through non-visual navigation instructions. This paper …

[HTML][HTML] Stereo vision based sensory substitution for the visually impaired

S Caraiman, O Zvoristeanu, A Burlacu, P Herghelegiu - Sensors, 2019 - mdpi.com
The development of computer vision based systems dedicated to help visually impaired
people to perceive the environment, to orientate and navigate has been the main research …

Sonification of rotation instructions to support navigation of people with visual impairment

D Ahmetovic, F Avanzini, A Baratè… - 2019 IEEE …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Indoor navigation services for people with visual impairment are being researched in
academia, and working systems have already been deployed in public places. While …

An electronic travel aid device to help blind people playing sport

S Ferrand, F Alouges, M Aussal - IEEE Instrumentation & …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Blind people can locate and track a sound source with remarkable efficiency. Following this
principle, we have developed an autonomous embedded device capable of guiding people …

Blind wayfinding with physically-based liquid sounds

S Spagnol, R Hoffmann, MH Martínez… - International Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Translating visual representations of real environments into auditory feedback is one of the
key challenges in the design of an electronic travel aid for visually impaired persons …

[HTML][HTML] Flying a quadcopter—an audio entertainment and training game for the visually impaired

S Ivascu, F Moldoveanu, A Moldoveanu, A Morar… - Applied Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
With the increase in the number of sensory substitution devices, the engineering community
is confronted with a new challenge: ensuring user training in safe virtual environments …

Mastering an advanced sensory substitution device for visually impaired through innovative virtual training

ADB Moldoveanu, S Ivascu, I Stanica… - 2017 IEEE 7th …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Nowadays, people have to face many challenges In order to become familiar with all the
functionalities of electronical devices. The training process becomes thus essential …

Pointing tasks using spatial audio on smartphones for people with vision impairments

AS Raina, RR Mohanty… - Journal of …, 2024 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
We present an experimental investigation of spatial audio feedback using smartphones to
support direction localization in pointing tasks for people with visual impairments (PVIs). We …

Model-based obstacle sonification for the navigation of visually impaired persons

S Spagnol, OI Johannesson, A Kristjansson… - … 2016: Proceedings of …, 2016 - air.iuav.it
This paper proposes a sonification model for encoding visual 3D information into sounds,
inspired by the impact properties of the objects encountered during blind navigation. The …