Game Aspects in Collaborative Navigation of Blind Travelers

2016 ◽  
pp. 497-523
Author(s):  
Jan Balata ◽  
Zdenek Mikovec ◽  
Pavel Slavik ◽  
Miroslav Macik
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
User Interface ◽  
Navigation System ◽  
Visually Impaired ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
Game Mechanics ◽  
Impaired Person ◽  
Game Elements ◽  
Visually Impaired Persons

This chapter shows how elements of gamification, i.e. game thinking and game mechanics, can be integrated into a collaborative navigation system for visually impaired persons in order encourage them to travel independently and thus improve their quality of life and self-confidence. The system supports independent navigation in unknown places by mediating help from another visually impaired person, who is familiar with the particular place. Our system utilizes a thermal user interface to introduce an additional communication channel and thus to increase the usability of the system. The system has been successfully enhanced by game elements and illustrates the potential of introducing game elements into these systems.

scholarly journals Daily activities of employed persons with visual impairment

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amila Jaganjac ◽  
Amra Mačak Hadžiomerović ◽  
Bakir Katana ◽  
Namik Trtak ◽  
Eldad Kaljić ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Physical Activity ◽  
Visual Impairment ◽  
Visually Impaired ◽  
Daily Activities ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Visually Impaired People ◽  
Impaired People ◽  
Visually Impaired Persons

Introduction: The challenges faced by visually impaired people in their efforts to integrate themselves into the labor market and the general position of persons with disabilities, regarding their employment and social security, is extremely difficult. Employment is the best safeguard against social exclusion and one of the main ways to achieve a full involvement in the society of the visually impaired people.Methods: The research was conducted on a sample of 25 visually impaired people employed at “TMP” d.o.o. Sarajevo. The study was used as a cross-sectional survey method wherein data were collected through appropriate survey instruments, using a modified survey questionnaire.Results: Out of the total number of respondents, 48% are male and 52% are female. The majority of respondents use other persons’ assistance when moving (n = 16). The largest number of respondents had 100% visual impairment (n = 17). The majority of subjects have no strenuous physical activity. The largest number of respondents during the previous week walked for at least 10 minutes, in the sequence of all 7 days and was driven in motor vehicles. When doing household chores, 56% of respondents said they had no difficulty. The most common difficulties in recreation, sports and physical activity in leisure time, that were encountered by 32% of respondents, are poor sound signalling and difficulties of visual nature, though 68% of respondents said that they had no difficulty in their recreational activities.Conclusion: The daily activities of employed visually impaired persons have a positive impact on their quality of life. Various are occupations of visually impaired people that improve their quality of life.

Visual Handicap in the Aged: Self-Reported Visual Disability and the Quality of Life of Residents of Public Housing for the Elderly

1986 ◽  
Vol 80 (2) ◽  
pp. 588-590
Author(s):  
Arthur E. Gillman ◽  
Arnold Simmel ◽  
Ellen Perlman Simon
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
General Population ◽  
Public Housing ◽  
Elderly People ◽  
Visually Impaired ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Visual Disability ◽  
Housing For The Elderly ◽  
Visually Impaired Persons

Declining vision adds to the frustrations and deprivations which make the life of the elderly difficult. This opinion is supported by the experience of clinicians and other providers of services to the visually impaired. However, there is little systematic information available about those elderly visually impaired persons who do not come to clinicians and social agencies for help. Our aim is to describe how reduced vision affects a part of the general population of elderly people.

scholarly journals OBSTACLE DETECTION AND ELECTRONIC NAVIGATION SYSTEM FOR VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS

2014 ◽  
pp. 151-153
Author(s):  
PRATEEK MISHRA ◽  
RAJ KISHOR PAL ◽  
SHIVOM KUSHWAHA ◽  
TUSHAR SRIVASTAVA ◽  
SURESH SHARMA
Keyword(s):  
Real Time ◽  
Navigation System ◽  
Visually Impaired ◽  
Detection System ◽  
Obstacle Detection ◽  
Final Destination ◽  
Visually Impaired People ◽  
The Common ◽  
Impaired Person ◽  
Visually Impaired Persons

In This Paper we present a real time domain obstacle detection system for the visually impaired persons to improve their mobility in daily life with the help of obstacle detection sensor installed in their walking stick .System is having a lower cost so it is easily purchasable so it can have a major significance in life of visually impaired persons. This Paper proposes a system to detect any object attached to the floor regardless to their height [1]. Obstacle on the floor in the front of user can be reliably detected in real time using the proposed system implemented by the IR sensor installed on the walk stick of the visually impaired person. Project also contains a navigation system for visually impaired persons to make the life of such persons easier up to some extent. This project is suited for the area where the possibility of blind person is high (like blind school, college)[6]. For transport facility of blind we have first decided the common bus roots of blind then we have placed RF tag to all those buses with unique code. At the second side we have placed RF reader, microcontroller and voice processor. The RF reader receive unique code, microcontroller process this code with defined code, if match found, voice processor get activated and starts speaking bus name, initial destination and final destination. The obstacle detection is also included in the project with voice. The system aims at increasing the mobility of visually impaired people by offering new sensing abilities.

scholarly journals Prototype to Help Visually Impaired Person in Reading Printed Learning Materials using Raspberry PI

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (3.1) ◽  
pp. 82
Author(s):  
Jaichandran R ◽  
Somasundaram K ◽  
Bhagyashree Basfore ◽  
Menaka I.S ◽  
Uma S
Keyword(s):  
Character Recognition ◽  
Optical Character Recognition ◽  
Visually Impaired ◽  
Raspberry Pi ◽  
Learning Materials ◽  
Line Spacing ◽  
Impaired Person ◽  
Audio Output ◽  
Visually Impaired Persons

This paper presents a prototype to help visually impaired persons in reading printed learning materials using Raspberry PI. Tesseract an open source optical character recognition technique is used extract texts in printed images and converted to audio output using text-to-speech conversion software. Prototype is experimented using printed text pages with various font sizes and line spacing as test cases. Results show that the prototype is better in converting printed texts to speech. However quality of image, font size, and line space affects performance of prototype in converting printed texts to speech.. 

scholarly journals Are Current Insulin Pumps Accessible to Blind and Visually Impaired People?

2009 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 613-618 ◽  
Author(s):  
Darren M. Burton ◽  
Mark M. Uslan ◽  
Morgan V. Blubaugh ◽  
Charles W. Clements
Keyword(s):  
Visually Impaired ◽  
Visual Display ◽  
Insulin Pumps ◽  
Blind And Visually Impaired ◽  
Visually Impaired People ◽  
Improper Use ◽  
Impaired Person ◽  
Audio Output ◽  
Visually Impaired Persons

Background: In 2004, Uslan and colleagues determined that insulin pumps (IPs) on the market were largely inaccessible to blind and visually impaired persons. The objective of this study is to determine if accessibility status changed in the ensuing 4 years. Methods: Five IPs on the market in 2008 were acquired and analyzed for key accessibility traits such as speech and other audio output, tactual nature of control buttons, and the quality of visual displays. It was also determined whether or not a blind or visually impaired person could independently complete tasks such as programming the IP for insulin delivery, replacing batteries, and reading manuals and other documentation. Results: It was found that IPs have not improved in accessibility since 2004. None have speech output, and with the exception of the Animas IR 2020, no significantly improved visual display characteristics were found. Documentation is still not completely accessible. Conclusion: Insulin pumps are relatively complex devices, with serious health consequences resulting from improper use. For IPs to be used safely and independently by blind and visually impaired patients, they must include voice output to communicate all the information presented on their display screens. Enhancing display contrast and the size of the displayed information would also improve accessibility for visually impaired users. The IPs must also come with accessible user documentation in alternate formats.

Widening the horizons: Information space of the library for the blind as the resource to improve quality of life of visually impaired people

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olga Novikova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Continuing Education ◽  
Visually Impaired ◽  
Information Space ◽  
Advanced Training ◽  
Improve Quality ◽  
Visually Impaired People ◽  
Impaired People ◽  
Special Library

The special library acts as the cultural and educational center for visually impaired people, and as the center for continuing education. The multifunctional performance of the library is substantiated. The joint projects accomplished in cooperation with theatres and museums and aimed at integrating the visually impaired people into the society are described. Advanced training projects for the library professionals accomplished in 2018 are discussed.

Implementation of Navigation System for Visually Impaired Person

2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (8) ◽  
pp. 181-182
Author(s):  
Tanika Gupta ◽  
◽  
Sakshi Jain ◽  
Rajat Bhatia ◽  
Ms. Anuradha Ms. Anuradha
Keyword(s):  
Navigation System ◽  
Visually Impaired ◽  
Impaired Person

Organisation of running events – reducing exclusions and improving the quality of life

2021 ◽  
Vol 67 (3) ◽  
pp. 95-109
Author(s):  
Jacek Łuczak ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Risk Factors ◽  
Risk Estimation ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Sporting Events ◽  
Estimation Risk ◽  
Technical Problems ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
Social Nature

Physical activity is a basic factor of human development – it brings satisfaction, vitality, energy, has a therapeutic dimension and affects the quality of life. Among the large group of amateur athletes, there are people vulnerable to social exclusions related to disabilities, psychological dysfunctions, sex and social status. For these people sport is a cure for loneliness and lack of self-confidence, as well as it positively affects their motivation to overcome barriers, which is reflected in other spheres of their lives. One sport that in particular integrates different social groups is running, as confirmed by the growing number of amateur runners, training activities dedicated to them and running events organised for them. However, it is important that organisers of such events ensure the safety of participants and take care of their satisfaction and comfort by holistic planning of all organisational activities. The study hypothesised that factors concerning the safety, comfort and satisfaction of participants play a vital role in organising running events. The aim of the article was to identify and assess the risk of organising running competitions for amateurs in the context of ensuring safety and satisfaction for all participants of the event. In particular, the author noted the risk factors of a social nature, conducive to integration, associated with countering exclusions. The paper presents test results for national competitions involving 21 and 42 km runs. The identification of risk factors was performed by 10 experts (the Delphi method) and 27 representatives of 7 running events organised in Poland (2017–2018) (risk estimate, a questionnaire) took part in the risk estimation. Risk estimation was carried out on the basis of average (effect and probability). The results of the study provide unequivocal information about the spheres of organising sporting events which in the highest degree can affect the safety and comfort of their participants and the perception of the competition itself. Among the key risks there were: inadequate financial and organisational resources, route capacity, or technical problems. Moreover, the paper includes an attempt to discuss results of other research.

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