Web-based haptic applications for blind people to create virtual graphs

Yu, W. and Kangas, K. (2003) Web-based haptic applications for blind people to create virtual graphs. In: 11th Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems, Los Angeles, California, 22-23 March 2003, pp. 318-325. (doi: 10.1109/HAPTIC.2003.1191301)

Abstract

Haptic technology has great potentials in many applications. This paper introduces our work on delivery haptic information via the Web. A multimodal tool has been developed to allow blind people to create virtual graphs independently. Multimodal interactions in the process of graph creation and exploration are provided by using a low-cost haptic device, the Logitech WingMan Force Feedback Mouse, and Web audio. The Web-based tool also provides blind people with the convenience of receiving information at home. In this paper, we present the development of the tool and evaluation results. Discussions on the issues related to the design of similar Web-based haptic applications are also given.

• Item Type: Conference Proceedings
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: UNSPECIFIED
• Authors: Yu, W., and Kangas, K.
• Subjects: Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science; Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA76 Computer software
• College/School: College of Science and Engineering > School of Computing Science
• Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2003 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
• First Published: First published in Proceedings of 11th Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems, 2003. HAPTICS 2003
• Publisher Policy: Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher