Haptic Graphs for Blind Computer Users （触觉图盲人计算机用户）.pdf

Haptic Graphs for Blind Computer Users Wai Yu, Ramesh Ramloll and Stephen Brewster Department of Computing Science University of Glasgow Glasgow, G12 8QQ, UK +44 141 3304966 rayu@dcs.gla.ac.uk ramesh@dcs.gla.ac.uk stephen@dcs.gla.ac.uk http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/~stephen ABSTRACT becomes quite time consuming and tiring. Therefore, we In this paper we discuss the design of computer-based would like to tackle these problems by using computer haptic graphs for blind and visually impaired people with technology, such as force feedback devices, 3D sound and the support of our preliminary experimental results. Since computer assistance to help blind and visually impaired visual impairment makes data visualisation techniques people to access graphs and diagrams. In this paper we inappropriate for blind people, we are developing a system focus on the current state of our research and discuss future which can make graphs accessible through haptic and work on haptic graphs. audio media. The disparity between human haptic Haptic Perception perception and the sensation simulated by force feedback Touch or haptic perception is usually considered as a devices is