The overall objective of this work is to review the assistive technologies that have been
proposed by researchers in recent years to address the limitations in user mobility posed by …

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 …

In recent years, a large number of research projects have focused on the use of auditory
representations in a broadened scope of application scenarios. Results in such projects …

Objective: The goal of this project is to evaluate a new auditory cue, which the authors call
spearcons, in comparison to other auditory cues with the aim of improving auditory menu …

Vision loss severely impacts object recognition and spatial cognition for limited vision
individuals. It is a challenge to compensate for this using other sensory modalities, such as …

As a young and emerging field in social human–robot interaction (HRI), semantic-free
utterances (SFUs) research has been receiving attention over the last decade. SFUs are an …

Independent mobility is one of the main challenges for blind or visually impaired (BVI)
people. In particular, BVI people often need to identify and avoid nearby obstacles, for …

Mapping applications on mobile devices have gained widespread popularity as a means for
enhancing user mobility and ability to explore new locations and venues. Visually impaired …

Modern vehicle cockpits have begun to incorporate a number of information-rich techno-
logies, including systems to enhance and improve driving and navigation performance and …

Navigation assistance services for people with visual impairment pose the challenge of
providing accurate guidance through non-visual navigation instructions. This paper …