Personal guidance system for the visually impaired
Assets '94 Proceedings of the first annual ACM conference on Assistive technologies
Wearable interfaces for orientation and wayfinding
Assets '00 Proceedings of the fourth international ACM conference on Assistive technologies
Drishti: An Integrated Navigation System for Visually Impaired and Disabled
ISWC '01 Proceedings of the 5th IEEE International Symposium on Wearable Computers
Experiences from the design of a ubiquitous computing system for the blind
CHI '06 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Evaluation of spatial displays for navigation without sight
ACM Transactions on Applied Perception (TAP)
Interactive 3D sonification for the exploration of city maps
Proceedings of the 4th Nordic conference on Human-computer interaction: changing roles
Data Sonification for Users with Visual Impairment: A Case Study with Georeferenced Data
ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction (TOCHI)
ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing (TACCESS)
Accessible contextual information for urban orientation
UbiComp '08 Proceedings of the 10th international conference on Ubiquitous computing
Investigating touchscreen accessibility for people with visual impairments
Proceedings of the 5th Nordic conference on Human-computer interaction: building bridges
SWAN: System for Wearable Audio Navigation
ISWC '07 Proceedings of the 2007 11th IEEE International Symposium on Wearable Computers
SemFeel: a user interface with semantic tactile feedback for mobile touch-screen devices
Proceedings of the 22nd annual ACM symposium on User interface software and technology
Haptic handheld wayfinder with pseudo-attraction force for pedestrians with visual impairments
Proceedings of the 11th international ACM SIGACCESS conference on Computers and accessibility
Proceedings of the 11th international ACM SIGACCESS conference on Computers and accessibility
Navigation for the blind through audio-based virtual environments
CHI '10 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
On presenting audio-tactile maps to visually impaired users for getting directions
CHI '10 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Timbremap: enabling the visually-impaired to use maps on touch-enabled devices
Proceedings of the 12th international conference on Human computer interaction with mobile devices and services
Usable gestures for blind people: understanding preference and performance
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Enhancing independence and safety for blind and deaf-blind public transit riders
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Access overlays: improving non-visual access to large touch screens for blind users
Proceedings of the 24th annual ACM symposium on User interface software and technology
Supporting spatial awareness and independent wayfinding for pedestrians with visual impairments
The proceedings of the 13th international ACM SIGACCESS conference on Computers and accessibility
Touch the map!: designing interactive maps for visually impaired people
ACM SIGACCESS Accessibility and Computing
A haptic ATM interface to assist visually impaired users
Proceedings of the 15th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility
Uncovering information needs for independent spatial learning for users who are visually impaired
Proceedings of the 15th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility
Follow that sound: using sonification and corrective verbal feedback to teach touchscreen gestures
Proceedings of the 15th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility
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Learning an environment can be challenging for people with visual impairments. Braille maps allow their users to understand the spatial relationship between a set of places. However, physical Braille maps are often costly, may not always cover an area of interest with sufficient detail, and might not present up-to-date information. We built a handheld system for representing geographical information called SpaceSense, which includes custom spatial tactile feedback hardware-multiple vibration motors attached to different locations on a mobile touch-screen device. It offers high-level information about the distance and direction towards a destination and bookmarked places through vibrotactile feedback to help the user maintain the spatial relationships between these points. SpaceSense also adapts a summarization technique for online user reviews of public and commercial venues. Our user study shows that participants could build and maintain the spatial relationships between places on a map more accurately with SpaceSense compared to a system without spatial tactile feedback. They pointed specifically to having spatial tactile feedback as the contributing factor in successfully building and maintaining their mental map.