The National Institute for the Blind, Visually Impaired, and Deaf-blind in Iceland is a national institute governed by the Ministry of Welfare and was established in 2009. The main goals of the institute are rehabilitation, education, and counseling. The primary purpose of the institute is to service clients, their families, teachers, and other professionals in… Continue Reading First lessons in Orientation and Mobility
DetailsAuthors: Ádám Csapó, György Wersényi, Hunor Nagy and Tony Stockman Abstract: This paper summarizes recent developments in audio and tactile feedback based assistive technologies targeting the blind community. Current technology allows applications to be efficiently distributed and run on mobile and handheld devices, even in cases where computational requirements are significant. As a result, electronic travel aids, navigational assistance modules, text-to-speech applications, as well… Continue Reading A survey of assistive technologies and applications for blind users on mobile platforms: a review and foundation for research
DetailsAuretigaa! is an auditory game that was developed for testing and assisting the objectives of the Sound of Vision project. Developers at the Széchenyi István University from Győr, Hungary uploaded an Android application to the Google PlayStore called Auretigaa!, an auditory reaction time game. It can be downloaded for free. The app is a research… Continue Reading Download Auretigaa!
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