Literature Reviews
Reviewed research papers, articles, and publications relevant to digital accessibility.
21 results found tagged spatial cognition.
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Eyes-free Exploration of Shapes with Invisible Puzzle
This paper presents Invisible Puzzle Game, an iPhone application that uses sonification techniques to enable people who are blind or visually impaired to explore shapes on touchscreen devices. Image exploration is fundamental for developing visuospat…
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Using Dynamic Audio Feedback to Support Peripersonal Reaching in Young Visually Impaired People
This paper investigates whether dynamic audio feedback — sound that changes based on the proximity between a reaching hand and target objects — can improve the accuracy of peripersonal reaching (reaching within arm's length) for blind and visually im…
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Virtual Navigation for Blind People: Building Sequential Representations of the Real-World
This paper investigates whether blind people can build accurate mental representations of real-world routes by virtually navigating them on a smartphone before physically visiting the location. Sighted people routinely study maps before visiting new …
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Identifying Visual Cues to Improve Independent Indoor Navigation for Blind Individuals
This student research competition paper proposes a novel approach to indoor navigation for blind individuals that focuses on providing environmental awareness and a "sense of space" rather than traditional point-to-point directions. The author argues…
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Maritime Buoyage on 3D-Printed Tactile Maps
This demonstration paper presents work from the Brest Bay Touch project to create 3D-printed maritime maps accessible to people with visual impairments, with a particular focus on representing sea marks (buoys, lighthouses, and other navigational aid…
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HapticRiaMaps: Towards Interactive Exploration of Web World Maps for the Visually Impaired
This paper presents HapticRiaMaps, a free open-source web application from the Centre for Research and Technology-Hellas (CERTH) in Greece that makes online 2D maps accessible to visually impaired users through haptic force feedback and audio sonific…
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GoDonnie: A Robot Programming Language to Improve Orientation and Mobility Skills in People Who are Visually Impaired
This demonstration paper presents GoDonnie, a text-based programming language designed to help people who are visually impaired (PVI) develop both computational thinking and orientation and mobility (O&M) skills simultaneously. GoDonnie is based on L…
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"If you've gone straight, now, you must turn left" - Exploring the use of a tangible interface in a collaborative treasure hunt for people with visual impairments
This paper from a collaboration between IRIT (Toulouse), UNSW Sydney, EPFL, and Université Toulouse investigates how tangible user interfaces — specifically a small graspable robot called the Cellulo — can mediate collaboration between two people wit…
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Multi-touch Exploration and Sonification of Line Segments
This paper presents SoundLines, a mobile app designed to help children with visual impairments develop spatial exploration skills through touchscreen interaction coupled with audio (sonification) feedback. The app is structured as a game where a kitt…
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Multimodal 3D printed urban maps for blind people. Evaluations and scientific investigations
This poster paper presents a multimodal 3D printed urban map prototype that embeds capacitive touch sensors directly into the map body to provide location-specific audio descriptions when touched. The research, conducted at Wroclaw University of Scie…