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Towards Audio-tactile You-are-here Maps : Navigation Aids for Visually Impaired People
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Habel, Christopher Graf, Christian |
| Copyright Year | 2008 |
| Abstract | Gaining survey knowledge of a complex spatial environment has proven to be facilitated by so-called You-are-here maps (YAH maps). These maps present an abstraction of the surrounding of the current location in the world with a clear marking of the map-readers’ own position. Research on cognition and psychology has identified design factors that contribute to the usefulness and usability of such maps. With these recommendations YAH maps are usually designed as visual medium for visually capable people. In this paper we discuss these analyses of visual YAH maps and their transfer to tactile YAH maps useful for blind and visual impaired people. Aside from the sensory layer of modalities, we focus on the representational layer of modalities, especially on the interaction of spatial and verbal representations, which is the basis for designing one promising type of audio-tactile YAH maps for visually impaired people. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://maps4vips.info/Publications/SC08-Workshop_Paper.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
