Constructing sonified haptic line graphs for the blind student: First steps

Rameshsharma  Ramloll; Wai Yu; Stephen Brewster; Beate Riedel; Michael  Burton; Gisela Dimigen

doi:10.1145/354324.354330

Constructing sonified haptic line graphs for the blind student: First steps

Rameshsharma Ramloll^*, Wai Yu, Stephen Brewster, Beate Riedel, Michael Burton, Gisela Dimigen

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Abstract

Line graphs stand as an established information visualisation and analysis technique taught at various levels of difficulty according to standard Mathematics curricula. It has been argued that blind individuals cannot use line graphs as a visualisation and analytic tool because they currently primarily exist in the visual medium. The research described in this paper aims at making line graphs accessible to blind students through auditory and haptic media. We describe (1) our design space for representing line graphs, (2) the technology we use to develop our prototypes and (3) the insights from our preliminary work.

Original language	English
Pages	17-25
Number of pages	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/354324.354330
Publication status	Published - 2000
Externally published	Yes
Event	4th International Conference on Assistive Technology (ASSETS 2000) - Arlington, VA, United States Duration: 13 Nov 2000 → 15 Nov 2000

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Conference	4th International Conference on Assistive Technology (ASSETS 2000)
Country/Territory	United States
City	Arlington, VA
Period	13/11/00 → 15/11/00

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