Development of User Interface Design System for Touch Interface using Screen Reader

Research Project

Project/Area Number	26750218
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Research Field	Rehabilitation science/Welfare engineering
Research Institution	Tsukuba University of Technology
Principal Investigator	Miyagi Manabi 筑波技術大学, 障害者高等教育研究支援センター, 講師 (60447258)
Project Period (FY)	2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
Budget Amount *help	¥2,860,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥660,000) Fiscal Year 2016: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000) Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000) Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Keywords	視覚障害 / タッチパネル / ユーザインタフェース / スクリーンリーダ / アクセシビリティ / ユーザビリティ
Outline of Final Research Achievements	We have developed a user interface design system for touch interface which enables blind persons to layout operation buttons using screen reader. An evaluation experiment showed that four blind persons could make their favorite user interface layout using the system on the tablet PC.