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37.2: A New Refreshable Tactile Graphic Display Technology for the Blind and Visually Impaired
Author(s) -
Roberts John,
Slattery Oliver,
O'Doherty James,
Comstock Tracy
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
sid symposium digest of technical papers
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.351
H-Index - 44
eISSN - 2168-0159
pISSN - 0097-966X
DOI - 10.1889/1.1832491
Subject(s) - braille , visually impaired , tactile display , computer science , human–computer interaction , partially sighted , multimedia , low vision , blindness , screen reader , computer graphics (images) , computer vision , medicine , optometry , operating system
Existing electronic Braille displays for accessibility are limited to text‐based information. A new technology enables affordable electronic displays for viewing images by the sense of touch on a reusable surface. Applications include education, engineering/artistic design, web surfing, and viewing of art and photographs.
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