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UXD and UCD Approaches for Accessible Education
It is a method of reading and writing for blind people based on an arrangement of raised dots that the blind person can touch or feel.
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Analysis of the Use of VR and Haptic Devices in the Teaching-Learning Process for Blind People
Mitsari Lucio Alonso (Tecnológico Nacional de México IT Aguascalientes, Mexico) and Hugo I. Medellin-Castillo (Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, Mexico)
Copyright: © 2020 |Pages: 16
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-2325-4.ch009
Abstract
The inclusion of people with disabilities in society is an issue that is currently becoming relevant. This is why technology is in a constant struggle to develop tools that meet the needs of this sector of the population and with it fulfill this objective. One of these disabilities is blindness. Therefore, this chapter shows an analysis of the application of virtual reality (VR) and haptic devices as support tools in the teaching-learning of people with such disabilities through the study of various projects that have implement these technologies, obtaining the advantages and disadvantages offered by these resources. For this, an analysis is made from the point of view of accessibility that it presents as well as the approach of the user-centered design (UCD).
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Internet Accessibility for Visually Impaired
Communication system based on finger touch upon raised dots coding information, typically on paper.
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