Haptic-assistive technologies for audition and vision sensory disabilities

F Sorgini, R Caliò, MC Carrozza… - Disability and …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose: The aim of this review is to analyze haptic sensory substitution technologies for
deaf, blind and deaf–blind individuals. Method: The literature search has been performed in …

Wearable assistive tactile communication interface based on integrated touch sensors and actuators

O Ozioko, P Karipoth, M Hersh… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents the design and fabrication of a wearable tactile communication interface
with vibrotactile feedback for assistive communication. The interface is based on finger …

Unobtrusive interaction: a systematic literature review and expert survey

TCK Kwok, P Kiefer, M Raubal - Human–Computer Interaction, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Unobtrusiveness has been highlighted as an important design principle in Human-
Computer Interaction (HCI). However, the understanding of unobtrusiveness in the literature …

HaptiRead: Reading Braille as mid-air haptic information

V Paneva, S Seinfeld, M Kraiczi, J Müller - Proceedings of the 2020 ACM …, 2020 - dl.acm.org
Mid-air haptic interfaces have several advantages-the haptic information is delivered directly
to the user, in a manner that is unobtrusive to the immediate environment. They operate at a …

The graphical access challenge for people with visual impairments: Positions and pathways forward

JL Gorlewicz, JL Tennison, HP Palani… - … production and digital …, 2018 - books.google.com
Graphical access is one of the most pressing challenges for individuals who are blind or
visually impaired. This chapter discusses some of the factors underlying the graphics access …

Holibraille: Multipoint vibrotactile feedback on mobile devices

H Nicolau, K Montague, T Guerreiro… - Proceedings of the 12th …, 2015 - dl.acm.org
We propose HoliBraille, a system that enables Braille input and output on current mobile
devices. We use vibrotactile motors combined with dampening materials in order to actuate …

“I Shake The Package To Check If It's Mine” A Study of Package Fetching Practices and Challenges of Blind and Low Vision People in China

W Lei, M Fan, J Thang - Proceedings of the 2022 CHI Conference on …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
With about 230 million packages delivered per day in 2020, fetching packages has become
a routine for many city dwellers in China. When fetching packages, people usually need to …

Optimising encoding for vibrotactile skin reading

G Luzhnica, E Veas - Proceedings of the 2019 CHI Conference on …, 2019 - dl.acm.org
This paper proposes methods of optimising alphabet encoding for skin reading in order to
avoid perception errors. First, a user study with 16 participants using two body locations …

Direct manipulation in tactile displays

A Gupta, T Pietrzak, N Roussel… - Proceedings of the 2016 …, 2016 - dl.acm.org
Tactile displays have predominantly been used for information transfer using patterns or as
assistive feedback for interactions. With recent advances in hardware for conveying …

Haptic Communication of Language

CM Reed, HZ Tan, LA Jones - IEEE Transactions on Haptics, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this review, the development of communication systems and devices that convey
language tactually is examined, first from an historical perspective focusing on the …