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Presentation 2009-03-23 15:00
Development of a Tactile Map Production System Accessible to Blind Persons
Tetsuya Watanabe, Toshimitsu Yamaguchi, Kazunori Minatani, Susumu Oouchi (Nat. Inst. of Special Needs Education), Manabi Miyagi (Tsukuba Univ. Tech.), Yasushi Iwashita (Mainichi Newspapers) WIT2008-71
Abstract (in Japanese) (See Japanese page) 
(in English) To promote independent mobility of blind persons, we are developing a system which enables them to produce tactile maps of arbitrary locations in Japan. The system is a Web application with accessibility in mind so that blind persons can use it. The user assigns a target location by text input. Then, the system searches for geographical data around the target from the map database, selects necessary data for tactile maps, renders a map image, and lays out the image along with braille legends, the directional symbol, and the scale around it. The user prints the whole image onto a sheet of capsule paper by using an ordinary printer and put the print into the “heater.” The heater makes the black ink printed lines and symbols expand so that users can feel them with their fingers. We held a workshop at which several blind persons experienced the operation of the system and explored the tactile maps they made. The attendees’ opinions were gathered to improve the system.
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(in English) Blind Persons / Tactile Maps / Microcapsule Paper / Tactile Graphics Guideline / User Evaluation / / /  
Reference Info. IEICE Tech. Rep., vol. 108, no. 488, WIT2008-71, pp. 13-18, March 2009.
Paper # WIT2008-71 
Date of Issue 2009-03-16 (WIT) 
ISSN Print edition: ISSN 0913-5685    Online edition: ISSN 2432-6380
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Committee WIT  
Conference Date 2009-03-23 - 2009-03-25 
Place (in Japanese) (See Japanese page) 
Place (in English) Shimane Univ. 
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Conference Code 2009-03-WIT 
Language Japanese 
Title (in Japanese) (See Japanese page) 
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Title (in English) Development of a Tactile Map Production System Accessible to Blind Persons 
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Keyword(1) Blind Persons  
Keyword(2) Tactile Maps  
Keyword(3) Microcapsule Paper  
Keyword(4) Tactile Graphics Guideline  
Keyword(5) User Evaluation  
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1st Author's Name Tetsuya Watanabe  
1st Author's Affiliation National Institute of Special Needs Education (Nat. Inst. of Special Needs Education)
2nd Author's Name Toshimitsu Yamaguchi  
2nd Author's Affiliation National Institute of Special Needs Education (Nat. Inst. of Special Needs Education)
3rd Author's Name Kazunori Minatani  
3rd Author's Affiliation National Institute of Special Needs Education (Nat. Inst. of Special Needs Education)
4th Author's Name Susumu Oouchi  
4th Author's Affiliation National Institute of Special Needs Education (Nat. Inst. of Special Needs Education)
5th Author's Name Manabi Miyagi  
5th Author's Affiliation Tsukuba University of Technology (Tsukuba Univ. Tech.)
6th Author's Name Yasushi Iwashita  
6th Author's Affiliation The Mainichi Newspapers (Mainichi Newspapers)
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Date Time 2009-03-23 15:00:00 
Presentation Time 30 minutes 
Registration for WIT 
Paper # WIT2008-71 
Volume (vol) vol.108 
Number (no) no.488 
Page pp.13-18 
#Pages 6 
Date of Issue 2009-03-16 (WIT) 

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