A Non-visual Approach to Improving Collaboration Between Blind and Sighted Internet Users
| dc.contributor.author | Kuber, Ravi | |
| dc.contributor.author | Yu, Wai | |
| dc.contributor.author | McAllister, Graham | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-10-19T18:49:43Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-10-19T18:49:43Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2007 | |
| dc.description | In proceedings of Human Computer Interaction International'07 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science 4556) | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Assistive technologies have widened access to the Web, by providing a non-visual representation of page content for blind individuals. However, restrictions imposed by screen readers and Braille output devices have led to the development of mental representations of a web page, which differ considerably from the visual layout. As a result, both blind and sighted users find it difficult to perform joint web-based tasks. In this paper, we have applied a structured participatory-based approach to develop haptic sensations to assist the collaborative process. Preliminary results are reported and on-going development is discussed. It is anticipated that findings from the study will inform a haptic framework, which will assist developers when designing an accessible collaborative interface, using the benefits which the sense of touch can offer. | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | We wish to thank the volunteers who participated in the study. We are also grateful to Emma Murphy, Dr Sile O’Modhrain, Philip Strain and Samantha Chui-Chui Tan for their help and advice. This work is supported by Eduserv. | en_US |
| dc.description.uri | https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-540-73283-9_99 | en_US |
| dc.format.extent | 10 pages | en_US |
| dc.genre | conference papers and proceeding preprints | en_US |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.13016/m24gws-6swb | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Kuber, Ravi; Yu, Wai; McAllister, Graham; A Non-visual Approach to Improving Collaboration Between Blind and Sighted Internet Users; In proceedings of Human Computer Interaction International'07 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science 4556) (2007); https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-540-73283-9_99 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-73283-9_99 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11603/19931 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg | en_US |
| dc.relation.isAvailableAt | The University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | UMBC Information Systems Department Collection | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | UMBC Faculty Collection | |
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| dc.rights | © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2007 | |
| dc.title | A Non-visual Approach to Improving Collaboration Between Blind and Sighted Internet Users | en_US |
| dc.type | Text | en_US |