Issues of using tactile mice by individuals who are blind and visually impaired

Ravi Rastogi; Dianne T. Pawluk; Jessica M. Ketchum

doi:10.1109/TNSRE.2010.2045008

Issues of using tactile mice by individuals who are blind and visually impaired

Ravi Rastogi, Dianne T. Pawluk, Jessica M. Ketchum

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Abstract

Tactile mice, computer mice modified to have tactile pin displays on their upper surface, have been developed to enable access to 2-D graphical information for individuals who are blind or visually impaired; however, they have yet to really be adopted by the community. We suggest that this is due to the significant lack of accuracy in the haptic position information, which is critical for individuals to haptically piece together a 2-D graphic. We have identified two main design issues that affect this accuracy. Making simple modifications to correct these problems, we show a significant improvement in performance.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	5440898
Pages (from-to)	311-318
Number of pages	8
Journal	IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering
Volume	18
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/TNSRE.2010.2045008
State	Published - Jun 2010
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Haptics
Tactile mouse
VT Player

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Internal Medicine
Neuroscience(all)
Biomedical Engineering

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