Virtual display of tactile graphics and Braille by lateral skin deformation

Graphical content is increasingly pervasive in digital interfaces and documents yetit remains accessible to visually impaired persons almost exclusively on media withlimited flexibility such as embossed paper. Textual content is more accessible butnevertheless limited by the cost and functionality o...

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Main Author: Lévesque, Vincent
Other Authors: Hayward, Vincent(Supervisor)
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Language:en
Published: McGill University 2009
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spelling ndltd-LACETR-oai-collectionscanada.gc.ca-QMM.956252014-02-13T03:52:29ZVirtual display of tactile graphics and Braille by lateral skin deformationLévesque, VincentEngineeringGraphical content is increasingly pervasive in digital interfaces and documents yetit remains accessible to visually impaired persons almost exclusively on media withlimited flexibility such as embossed paper. Textual content is more accessible butnevertheless limited by the cost and functionality of refreshable Braille displays andvoice synthesis. This thesis explores the use of a novel tactile stimulation approachthat relies on lateral skin deformation for the computerized display of virtual Brailleand tactile graphics. [...]Le graphisme gagne en présence dans les interfaces et documents numériques maisest accessible aux personnes non-voyantes quasi-exclusivement sur media à flexibilitélimitée tel que le papier embossé. Le texte est plus accessible mais néanmoins limitépar le coût et les fonctionnalités des afficheurs Braille et de la synthèse vocale.Cette thèse explore l'utilisation d'une nouvelle approche pour la stimulation tactileopérant par déformation latérale de la peau pour l'affichage informatisé de Braille etde graphiques tactiles virtuels. [...]McGill University Hayward, Vincent(Supervisor)2009Electronic Thesis or Dissertationapplication/pdfenTheses scanned by McGill Library.All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated.Doctor of Philosophy (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering) http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=95625
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Lévesque, Vincent
Virtual display of tactile graphics and Braille by lateral skin deformation
description Graphical content is increasingly pervasive in digital interfaces and documents yetit remains accessible to visually impaired persons almost exclusively on media withlimited flexibility such as embossed paper. Textual content is more accessible butnevertheless limited by the cost and functionality of refreshable Braille displays andvoice synthesis. This thesis explores the use of a novel tactile stimulation approachthat relies on lateral skin deformation for the computerized display of virtual Brailleand tactile graphics. [...] === Le graphisme gagne en présence dans les interfaces et documents numériques maisest accessible aux personnes non-voyantes quasi-exclusivement sur media à flexibilitélimitée tel que le papier embossé. Le texte est plus accessible mais néanmoins limitépar le coût et les fonctionnalités des afficheurs Braille et de la synthèse vocale.Cette thèse explore l'utilisation d'une nouvelle approche pour la stimulation tactileopérant par déformation latérale de la peau pour l'affichage informatisé de Braille etde graphiques tactiles virtuels. [...]
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title Virtual display of tactile graphics and Braille by lateral skin deformation
title_short Virtual display of tactile graphics and Braille by lateral skin deformation
title_full Virtual display of tactile graphics and Braille by lateral skin deformation
title_fullStr Virtual display of tactile graphics and Braille by lateral skin deformation
title_full_unstemmed Virtual display of tactile graphics and Braille by lateral skin deformation
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