Maps sonification system using digitiser for visually impaired children

  • Authors:
  • Gintautas Daunys;Vidas Lauruska

  • Affiliations:
  • Siauliai University, Siauliai, Lithuania;Siauliai University, Siauliai, Lithuania

  • Venue:
  • ICCHP'06 Proceedings of the 10th international conference on Computers Helping People with Special Needs
  • Year:
  • 2006

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Abstract

Presentation of graphical information is key problem during teaching of visually impaired children. The developed system is devoted for investigation of graphical information by blind user using a digitiser. SVG language with additional elements is used for describing of maps. Non-speech sounds are used to transfer information about colour. Alerting sound signals is issued near two regions boundary