Comparing Methods for Introducing Blind and Visually Impaired People to Unfamiliar Urban Environments

1998 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 277-287 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.Angeles Espinosa ◽  
Simon Ungar ◽  
Esperanza Ochaı́ta ◽  
Mark Blades ◽  
Christopher Spencer
Keyword(s):  
Visually Impaired ◽  
Urban Environments ◽  
Blind And Visually Impaired ◽  
Visually Impaired People ◽  
Impaired People

Troublesome Objects: Unpacking Ocular-Centrism in Urban Environments by Studying Blind Navigation Using Video Ethnography and Ethnomethodology

2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 475-495 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian L Due ◽  
Simon Bierring Lange
Keyword(s):  
Visually Impaired ◽  
Urban Environments ◽  
Obstacle Detection ◽  
Design And Technology ◽  
Video Ethnography ◽  
Space Design ◽  
Blind And Visually Impaired ◽  
Visually Impaired People ◽  
Impaired People ◽  
Video Material

This article reports on research into the navigational practices of blind and visually impaired people in urban environments. The members of this community encounter many types of obstacles, but this article focuses on ‘unpredictable inanimate moveable objects’. The analyses are based on recorded video material from ‘naturally occurring’ walks in a Danish urban area and are informed by ethnomethodology, with a focus on how blind or visually impaired people navigate and deal with trouble sources. This research unpacks the detailed features of navigation and obstacle-detection in the urban environment and demonstrates the value of using ethnomethodology to analyze the skilled character of everyday navigation in spaces in which the walker-with-cane is a kind of assemblage in harmony or at odds with other surfaces and objects. The findings have implications for space design and technology developments which can assist blind people with obstacle detection. The article uses empirical cases to discuss an ocular-centric bias and suggests the need for a more granular understanding of physical objects and tactile experiences in future developments of a sociology of space.

Design and implementation of a smart reader for blind and visually impaired people

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Punith ◽  
G. Manish ◽  
M. Sai Sumanth ◽  
A. Vinay ◽  
R. Karthik ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Visually Impaired ◽  
Design And Implementation ◽  
Blind And Visually Impaired ◽  
Visually Impaired People ◽  
Impaired People

scholarly journals An Enhanced Mobile Phone Dialler Application for Blind and Visually Impaired People

2013 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 270 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rana Mohammad Yousef ◽  
Omar Adwan ◽  
Murad Abu-Leil
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Visually Impaired ◽  
Voice Recognition ◽  
Blind And Visually Impaired ◽  
Phone Calls ◽  
Visually Impaired People ◽  
Impaired People ◽  
Windows Phone ◽  
Innovative Concept

This paper presents the development of a new mobile phone dialler application which is designed to help blind and visually impaired people make phone calls. The new mobile phone dialler application is developed as a windows phone application to facilitate entering information to touch screen mobile phones by blind people. This application is advantageous through its innovative concept, its simplicity and its availability at an affordable cost. Feedback from users showed that this new application is easy to use and solves many problems of voice recognition applications such as inaccuracy, slowness and interpretation of unusual voices. In addition, this application has increased the users ability to dial phone numbers more independently and less stressfully.

scholarly journals The Role of Self-Control on Mood States and Health Anxiety in a Sample of Blind and Visually Impaired People

Psychology ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 05 (19) ◽  
pp. 2218-2227 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pierluigi Diotaiuti ◽  
Filippo Petruccelli ◽  
Luigi Rea ◽  
Angelo Marco Zona ◽  
Valeria Verrastro
Keyword(s):  
Visually Impaired ◽  
Health Anxiety ◽  
Mood States ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Blind And Visually Impaired ◽  
Visually Impaired People ◽  
Impaired People
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