Tactile signing and touch-based alphabets are among the primary communication systems for people who suffer from sensory or multisensory conditions, such as, blindness or deaf-blindness, respectively. In the last decade, several research projects based on sensory substitution focused on developing novel interfaces. However, people who are sensory-impaired still lack reliable technology for interacting with the world. To this end, wearable devices could have a significant role in providing individuals with support for daily activities, communication, and social inclusion. In this paper, we introduce a categorization based on technology for sensing and representing the main components of touch-and gesture-based communication systems (i.e., movement, gesture, pressure, and touch) to provide an understanding of the technical and human factors which affect or foster the development of new assistive technology
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Titolo: | Enabling touch-based communication in wearable devices for people with sensory and multisensory impairments |
Titolo del libro: | Advances in Human Factors in Wearable Technologies and Game Design: Proceedings of the AHFE 2017 International Conference on Advances in Human Factors and Wearable Technologies, July 17-21, 2017, [...] Los Angeles, California, USA. |
Editore: | Springer |
Data di pubblicazione: | 2017 |
ISBN: | 978-3-319-60638-5 978-3-319-60639-2 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI): | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60639-2_15 |
Appare nelle tipologie: | 2.1 Contributo in volume (Capitolo o Saggio) |