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2017-08-28 13:50
A User Survey of the Tactile Graphics Conversion Service for the Blind Tetsuya Watanabe (Niigata Univ.), Makoto Kobayashi (Tsukuba Univ. of Tech.), Kazunori Minatani (DNC) WIT2017-14 |
Abstract |
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Visual graphics can be accessible by raising the lines of the graphics and converting printed letters into Braille. When this conversion is done on demand of individual blind person, it is called private tactile graphics conversion service, which has not been yet established as a common welfare service for the blind in Japan. Thus, for the future prevalence of this service, a nation-wide user survey was conducted. Among 202 respondents, only 16 people (7.6 %) were using this service. The top provider of this service was Braille transcription circles, followed by Braille libraries, Braille transcription volunteers, and friends and acquaintances. The top converted graphics were maps. Two thirds of the clients were using these services at a frequency of once in a few months or less. The problems faced in using these services were long waiting times for the graphics to be converted, hardness to understand the tactile graphics, and the problems accompanying tactile graphics production. |
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Blind People / Tactile Graphics / User Survey / / / / / |
Reference Info. |
IEICE Tech. Rep., vol. 117, no. 188, WIT2017-14, pp. 1-5, Aug. 2017. |
Paper # |
WIT2017-14 |
Date of Issue |
2017-08-21 (WIT) |
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Print edition: ISSN 0913-5685 Online edition: ISSN 2432-6380 |
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WIT |
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2017-08-28 - 2017-08-29 |
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Faculty of Engineering Science, Akita Univ. |
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Well-being Information Technology, etc. |
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A User Survey of the Tactile Graphics Conversion Service for the Blind |
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Blind People |
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Tactile Graphics |
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Tetsuya Watanabe |
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Niigata University (Niigata Univ.) |
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Makoto Kobayashi |
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Tsukuba University of Technology (Tsukuba Univ. of Tech.) |
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Kazunori Minatani |
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National Center for University Entrance Examinations (DNC) |
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Date Time |
2017-08-28 13:50:00 |
Presentation Time |
25 minutes |
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WIT |
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WIT2017-14 |
Volume (vol) |
vol.117 |
Number (no) |
no.188 |
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pp.1-5 |
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5 |
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2017-08-21 (WIT) |
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