A collaborative multimodal handwriting training environment for visually impaired students

Authors:
Peter Reid;Beryl Plimmer
Affiliations:
The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand;The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Venue:
Proceedings of the 20th Australasian Conference on Computer-Human Interaction: Designing for Habitus and Habitat
Year:
2008

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Abstract

The spatial motor skills used for handwriting are particularly difficult for visually impaired people to develop. These skills are required in order to sign an aesthetically pleasing and repeatable signature, which is often required for documents such as legal agreements and job applications. Our multimodal system with haptic guidance, sonification and tactile feedback is designed to assist when teaching visually impaired students to form letters, and eventually, a signature. As tactile technologies become commonplace, appearing even in mobile phones, our system may also provide useful insight into the use of nonvisual feedback for a variety of applications.