User requirements regarding information included in audio-tactile maps for individuals with blindness

Konstantinos Papadopoulos; Konstantinos Charitakis; Lefkothea Kartasidou; Georgios Kouroupetroglou; Suad Sakalli Gumus; Efstratios Stylianidis; Rainer Stiefelhagen; Karin Müller; Engin Yilmaz; Gerhard Jaworek; Christos Polimeras; Utku Sayin; Nikolaos Oikonomidis; Nikolaos Lithoxopoulos

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-41267-2_23

User requirements regarding information included in audio-tactile maps for individuals with blindness

Konstantinos Papadopoulos
, Konstantinos Charitakis
, Lefkothea Kartasidou
, Georgios Kouroupetroglou
, Suad Sakalli Gumus
, Efstratios Stylianidis
, Rainer Stiefelhagen
, Karin Müller
, Engin Yilmaz
, Gerhard Jaworek
, Christos Polimeras
, Utku Sayin
, Nikolaos Oikonomidis
, Nikolaos Lithoxopoulos

Department of Education

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Abstract

The aim of this study is to investigate the user requirements of young adults with blindness regarding the information to be included/ mapped in two different types of audio-tactile mobility maps: (a) audio-tactile maps of indoors, and (b) audio-tactile maps of campuses. Forty young adults (aged from 18 years to 30 years) with blindness took part in the research. Participants came from four countries: 14 from Greece, 2 from Cyprus, 18 from Turkey, and 6 from Germany. The researchers developed two lists of information to be included in the two types of audio-tactile maps (indoor and campus) respectively. Participants were asked to evaluate the information, regarding: (a) the significance of the information in regard to safety, location of services, way finding and orientation during movement, and (b) the frequency the participants meet the information (within their surrounding and the environment they move in). The first list of information to be evaluated, related to the maps of indoor places consisted of 136 different information, and the second list of information to be evaluated, related to the campus maps consisted of 213 different information. The result of the study is the definition of the most important information that should be included in each one of the two different types of audio-tactile maps. Thus, the findings of the present study will be particularly important for designers of orientation and mobility (O&M) aids for individuals with blindness. Moreover, the findings can be useful for O&M specialists, rehabilitation specialists, and teachers who design and construct O&M aids for their students with blindness.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Computers Helping People with Special Needs - 15th International Conference, ICCHP 2016, Proceedings
Publisher	Springer Verlag
Pages	168-175
Number of pages	8
Volume	9759
ISBN (Print)	9783319412665
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-41267-2_23
Publication status	Published - 2016
Event	15th International Conference on Computers Helping People with Special Needs, ICCHP 2016 - Linz, Austria Duration: 13 Jul 2016 → 15 Jul 2016

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume	9759
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

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Other	15th International Conference on Computers Helping People with Special Needs, ICCHP 2016
Country/Territory	Austria
City	Linz
Period	13/07/16 → 15/07/16

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

Audio-tactile map
Audio-tactile symbol
Blind
Visual impairment

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Papadopoulos, K., Charitakis, K., Kartasidou, L., Kouroupetroglou, G., Sakalli Gumus, S., Stylianidis, E., Stiefelhagen, R., Müller, K., Yilmaz, E., Jaworek, G., Polimeras, C., Sayin, U., Oikonomidis, N., & Lithoxopoulos, N. (2016). User requirements regarding information included in audio-tactile maps for individuals with blindness. In Computers Helping People with Special Needs - 15th International Conference, ICCHP 2016, Proceedings (Vol. 9759, pp. 168-175). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 9759). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-41267-2_23

Papadopoulos, Konstantinos ; Charitakis, Konstantinos ; Kartasidou, Lefkothea et al. / User requirements regarding information included in audio-tactile maps for individuals with blindness. Computers Helping People with Special Needs - 15th International Conference, ICCHP 2016, Proceedings. Vol. 9759 Springer Verlag, 2016. pp. 168-175 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)).

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Computers Helping People with Special Needs - 15th International Conference, ICCHP 2016, Proceedings. Vol. 9759 Springer Verlag, 2016. p. 168-175 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 9759).

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Papadopoulos K, Charitakis K, Kartasidou L, Kouroupetroglou G, Sakalli Gumus S, Stylianidis E et al. User requirements regarding information included in audio-tactile maps for individuals with blindness. In Computers Helping People with Special Needs - 15th International Conference, ICCHP 2016, Proceedings. Vol. 9759. Springer Verlag. 2016. p. 168-175. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)). doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-41267-2_23

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