Literature Reviews
Reviewed research papers, articles, and publications relevant to digital accessibility.
4 results found tagged pedestrian navigation.
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VisionAid: A Multimodal Assistive Application Supporting Safe Road Navigation for Visually Impaired People in Bangladesh
VisionAid is an Android pedestrian-safety app for blind and low vision (BLV) users in Bangladesh, where road crossing is dangerous because traffic is unstructured: lane discipline is rare, drivers run signals, and crosswalks are inconsistent. The aut…
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RouteCheckr: Personalized Multicriteria Routing for Mobility Impaired Pedestrians
This paper presents RouteCheckr, a client/server system for personalised pedestrian navigation that calculates routes optimised for multiple criteria relevant to mobility impaired users. The authors identify three key shortcomings of existing navigat…
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Haptic Handheld Wayfinder with Pseudo-Attraction Force for Pedestrians with Visual Impairments
This paper presents a compact handheld haptic device that guides visually impaired pedestrians by generating a directional force sensation — a feeling of being pulled or pushed toward the correct direction. The device exploits a perceptual phenomenon…
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"Just Let the Cane Hit It": How the Blind and Sighted See Navigation Differently
This paper reveals fundamental mismatches between how blind and sighted people understand pedestrian navigation, drawing on over a year of immersive qualitative research including focus groups, diary studies, and partner observations. The researchers…