The development of navigation tools for people who are visually impaired had become an
important concern in the research area of assistive technologies. This paper gives a …

This paper presents a systematic literature review of 292 publications from 97 unique
venues on touch-based graphics for people who are blind or have low vision, from 2010 to …

Current low-tech Orientation & Mobility (O&M) tools for visually impaired people, eg tactile
maps, possess limitations. Interactive accessible maps have been developed to overcome …

Data visualization has become an increasingly important means of effective data
communication and has played a vital role in broadcasting the progression of COVID-19 …

Affordable rapid 3D printing technologies have become key enablers of the Maker
Movement by giving individuals the ability to create physical finished products. However …

Independent navigation is challenging for blind people, particularly in unfamiliar
environments. Navigation assistive technologies try to provide additional support by guiding …

Navigation assistance systems (NASs) aim to help visually impaired people (VIPs) navigate
unfamiliar environments. Most of today's NASs support VIPs via turn-by-turn navigation, but …

For efficient navigation, the brain needs to adequately represent the environment in a
cognitive map. In this review, we sought to give an overview of literature about cognitive map …

A lot of information is nowadays presented graphically. However, students with blindness do
not have access to visual information. Providing an alternative text is not always the …

With content rapidly moving to the electronic space, access to graphics for individuals with
visual impairments is a growing concern. Recent research has demonstrated the potential …