Literature Reviews
Reviewed research papers, articles, and publications relevant to digital accessibility.
4 results found tagged refreshable braille display.
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New Technology Enables Many-Fold Reduction in the Cost of Refreshable Braille Displays
This paper from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) describes a novel rotating-wheel design for refreshable Braille displays that could reduce costs by up to a factor of ten compared to existing displays. The dominant cost facto…
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Exploration and Avoidance of Surrounding Obstacles for the Visually Impaired
This paper presents the 3DOD (3D Obstacle Detector), a wearable system that combines a 3D Time-of-Flight (TOF) camera with a portable multi-line refreshable Braille display to help blind pedestrians detect and avoid obstacles beyond the reach of a wh…
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Collaborative Creation of Digital Tactile Graphics
This paper presents the Tangram Workstation, a collaborative system enabling sighted transcribers and blind reviewers to work together in real-time when creating tactile graphics. The fundamental insight is that current tactile graphics production in…
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Sound, Touch, or the Full Monty? A Comparative Study of Accessible Data Exploration Systems for Blind Users
This paper presents a controlled within-subject comparative study of three accessible data exploration systems representing different sensory modalities: Olli (a screen-reader-based system using hierarchical text descriptions and keyboard navigation)…