This paper summarizes recent developments in audio and tactile feedback based assistive
technologies targeting the blind community. Current technology allows applications to be …

Spatial memory is the part of memory that allows us to remember where things are in the
environment. It is critical to everyday function and interaction. A number of tests have been …

This chapter looks at a range of auditory display and sonification applications that have
tackled the problem of monitoring real-time data streams and concludes with some …

It is now well established that postlearning sleep is beneficial for human memory
performance [1–5]. Meanwhile, human and animal studies have demonstrated that learning …

The aim of this article is focused on the design of an obstacle detection system for assisting
visually impaired people. A dense disparity map is computed from the images of a stereo …

Wearable computers can certainly support audio-only presentation of information; a visual
interface need not be present for effective user interaction. A system for wearable audio …

Research has demonstrated navigational aids impair spatial memory, but has not
considered important spatial cognitive concepts. For example, impairment may stem from …

Social Virtual Reality (VR) is growing for remote socialization and collaboration. However,
current social VR applications are not accessible to people with visual impairments (PVI) …

This literature review of existing electronic mobility aids for persons who are visually
impaired and recent developments in this field identified and classified 146 products …

Learning an environment can be challenging for people with visual impairments. Braille
maps allow their users to understand the spatial relationship between a set of places …