Vibration-based communication for deafblind people

Kutner, David C.; Hadžidedić, Sunčica

Abstract

Deafblind people have both hearing and visual impairments, which makes communication with other people often dependent on expensive technologies e.g., Braille displays, or on caregivers acting as interpreters. This paper presents Morse I/O (MIO), a vibrotactile interface for Android, evaluated through experiments and interviews with deafblind participants. MIO was shown to enable consistent text entry and recognition after only a few hours of practice. The participants were willing to continue using the interface, although there were perceived difficulties in learning to use it. Overall, MIO is a cost-effective, portable interface for deafblind people without access to Braille displays or similar.

Citation

Kutner, D. C., & Hadžidedić, S. (2022, March). Vibration-based communication for deafblind people. Presented at 2022 IEEE Haptics Symposium (HAPTICS), Santa Barbara, CA

• Presentation Conference Type: Conference Paper (published)
• Conference Name: 2022 IEEE Haptics Symposium (HAPTICS)
• Start Date: Mar 21, 2022
• End Date: Mar 24, 2022
• Online Publication Date: May 5, 2022
• Publication Date: 2022
• Deposit Date: May 12, 2022
• Publicly Available Date: May 12, 2022
• Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/haptics52432.2022.9765570
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1137209
• Related Public URLs: https://arxiv.org/abs/2205.04802