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 …

Numerous projects have investigated assistive navigation technologies for the blind
community, tackling challenges ranging from interface design to sensory substitution …

Numerous projects have investigated assistive navigation technologies for the blind
community, tackling challenges ranging from interface design to sensory substitution …

Sound perception is a fundamental skill for many people with severe sight impairments. The
research presented in this article is part of an ongoing project with the aim to create a mobile …

We consider the challenge of delivering location-based information through rich audio
representations of the environment, and the associated opportunities that such an approach …

Sight, hearing and touch are the sensory modalities that play a dominating role in spatial
perception in humans, ie the ability to recognize the geometrical structure of the surrounding …

The presented paper discusses the development of an electronic travel aid (ETA) for the
blind, focusing on the aspect of three-dimensional (3D) scene sonification, that is, presenting …

The paper summarizes a number of audio-related studies conducted by the Sound of Vision
consortium, which focuses on the construction of a new prototype electronic travel aid for the …

Two new lightweight systems for delivering spatialized, augmented-reality audio (SARA) are
presented. Each comprises a set of earphone drivers coupled with “acoustically transparent” …

Spatialized (" 3D") audio may be useful as an alternative sensory channel to provide blind
individuals with relevant spatial information in the physical world or while interacting with …