2001 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Study and Development of Computer Supported Communication System(CSCW) for the Visually Impaired
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12680233
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Educational technology
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| Research Institution | Tsukuba College of Technoloty |
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Principal Investigator |
INA Satoshi Tsukuba College of Technology, Computer Science, Prof., 情報処理学科, 教授 (60231734)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2000 – 2001
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| Keywords | visual impainment / tactile picture / battle game / non-visual inter-face / Nomad / touch panel / multimedia |
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| Research Abstract |
Visually impaired people have a difficulty in communication of graphical information. It is to be more difficult for them to work in cooperation with sighted people in the distance. Our aim was to create a joint workspace for the visually impaired in a distance via a communication network of image, sound, and voice in combination with non-visual interfaces to aid communication, which we have developed. To begin with, we developed a non-visual access method to graphical screen through tactile and auditory sense, and applied it into multi-user board/card game on network. 6 As a result, we confirmed that the online real-time tactile/auditory aid could support visually impaired people to communicate graphical information and to execute a cooperative work with a sighted person.
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