...Peter Edelmann; Armin Wagenknecht; Leon Ludanek Purpose The number of blind and visually impaired people in Germany is increasing. Finding an object such as a door handle is sometimes a great challenge for these people. By developing a prototype, the present work investigates the hypothesis...

...Frauke Mörike; Ioannis Kiossis Purpose This study aims to provide an explorative perspective on how workarounds – defined as practices that deviate from an official pathway to a target – delineate a decisive element for users with visual impairment to enable assistive technologies in the context...

...Susanne Zimmermann-Janschitz; Simon Landauer; Sebastian Drexel; Jana Obermeier Purpose The study aims to promote independent mobility for persons with visual impairment or legal blindness (VIB) by developing a Web-based wayfinding application using geographic information systems (GIS). While...

...Watthanasak Jeamwatthanachai; Mike Wald; Gary Wills Purpose The purpose of this paper is to validate a framework for spatial representation, aka the spatial representation framework (SRF), to define spaces and building information required by people with visual impairment as a foundation of indoor...

... of the structure of spatial representation framework for indoor navigation by people with visual impairment, which was validated with visually impaired people, and incorporated with building design standards and regulations from around the world. The BRS was afterwards validated by three groups of five experts...

...Daniel Innala Ahlmark; Maria Prellwitz; Jenny Röding; Lars Nyberg; Kalevi Hyyppä Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to describe conceptions of feasibility of a haptic navigation system for persons with a visual impairment (VI). Design/methodology/approach – Six persons with a VI who...

... for visually impaired individuals should possess. Design/methodology/approach – A background in non-visual spatial perception is provided, and existing commercial and non-commercial navigation aids are examined from a user interaction perspective, based on how individuals with a visual impairment...

...Roberto Manduchi; James Coughlan; Klaus Miesenberger; James M. Coughlan; Huiying Shen Purpose The purpose of this paper is to describe recent progress on the “Crosswatch” project, a smartphone‐based system developed for providing guidance to blind and visually impaired travelers at traffic...

... Dyslexia, Learning difficulties Autism Makaton ePub Visual impairment Aids for the disabled Social inclusion JISC TechDis has recently managed two competitions to stimulate innovative assistive technology (AT) in two areas of growing importance that it believed needed government support...