Usability Assessment of Assistive Technology for Blind and Visually Impaired

Authors: Maria Dascalu, Alin Moldoveanu, Oana Balan, Robert Gabriel Lupu, Florina Ungureanu, Simona Caraiman in: E-Health and Bioengineering Conference (EHB), 2017 Abstract: In this paper we describe the usability assessment of a system designed to help blind and visually impaired people to navigate and perceive the environment. The proposed system is based on sensory substitution, remapping the vision… Continue Reading Usability Assessment of Assistive Technology for Blind and Visually Impaired

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Mastering an Advanced Sensory Substitution Device for Visually Impaired through Innovative Virtual Training

Authors: Alin Moldoveanu, Silviu Ivascu, Iulia Stanica, Maria-Iuliana Dascalu, Robert Lupu, Gabriel Ivanica, Oana Balan, Simona Caraiman, Florina Ungureanu, Florica Moldoveanu, Anca Morar in: Consumer Electronics – Berlin (ICCE-Berlin), 2017 IEEE 7th International Conference on Abstract: Nowadays, people have to face many challenges in order to become familiar with all the functionalities of electronical devices. The training process… Continue Reading Mastering an Advanced Sensory Substitution Device for Visually Impaired through Innovative Virtual Training

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Auditory depth map representations with a sensory substitution scheme based on synthetic fluid sounds

Authors: Simone Spagnol, Stefano Baldan, Runar Unnthorsson in: Multimedia Signal Processing (MMSP), 2017 IEEE 19th International Workshop on Abstract: A novel sensory substitution algorithm based on the sonification of depth maps into physically based fluid flow sounds is described. Spatial properties are extracted from depth maps and mapped into parameters of an empirical phenomenological model of bubble statistics,… Continue Reading Auditory depth map representations with a sensory substitution scheme based on synthetic fluid sounds

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Current use and future perspectives of spatial audio technologies in electronic travel aids

Authors: Simone Spagnol, György Wersenyi, Michael Bujacz, Oana Balan, Marcelo Herrera Martinez, Alin Moldoveanu, Rúnar Unnthórsson in: Submitted to Mobile Assistive Technologies Abstract: Electronic travel aids (ETAs) have been in focus since technology allowed designing relatively small, light and mobile devices for assisting visually impaired persons (VIPs). Since VIPs rely on spatial audio cues as their primary sense… Continue Reading Current use and future perspectives of spatial audio technologies in electronic travel aids

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