Literature Reviews

Reviewed research papers, articles, and publications relevant to digital accessibility.

• New Tools for Automating Tactile Geographic Map Translation

  Nizar Bouhlel, Anis Rojbi (2014) — Proceedings of the 16th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers & Accessibility (ASSETS)

  This demo paper presents a Matlab-based software tool that semi-automates the conversion of visual geographic maps into tactile versions suitable for blind students. Tactile graphics are the most effective modality for blind people to comprehend grap…

  • tactile graphics
  • blindness
  • braille
  • image processing
  • OCR
  • accessible maps
  • education
  • geographic maps