Touching and hearing GUI's: design issues for the PC-Access system
Assets '96 Proceedings of the second annual ACM conference on Assistive technologies
Putting the feel in ’look and feel‘
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HCI Beyond the GUI: Design for Haptic, Speech, Olfactory, and Other Nontraditional Interfaces
HCI Beyond the GUI: Design for Haptic, Speech, Olfactory, and Other Nontraditional Interfaces
Haptic Interaction Techniques for Exploring Chart Data
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ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing (TACCESS)
Evaluating a tool for improving accessibility to charts and graphs
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Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
ICCHP'06 Proceedings of the 10th international conference on Computers Helping People with Special Needs
Physically interacting with four dimensions
ISVC'06 Proceedings of the Second international conference on Advances in Visual Computing - Volume Part I
VizTouch: automatically generated tactile visualizations of coordinate spaces
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Non-visual presentation of graphs using the novint falcon
ICCHP'12 Proceedings of the 13th international conference on Computers Helping People with Special Needs - Volume Part II
Using magnetic forces to convey state information: an exploration of a haptic technology
Proceedings of the 24th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference
A Haptic Tool for Group Work on Geometrical Concepts Engaging Blind and Sighted Pupils
ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing (TACCESS)
ForceForm: a dynamically deformable interactive surface
Proceedings of the 2013 ACM international conference on Interactive tabletops and surfaces
Achieving soft and directly deformable interaction on tabletop interactive surfaces
Proceedings of the 2013 ACM international conference on Interactive tabletops and surfaces
HCI'13 Proceedings of the 15th international conference on Human-Computer Interaction: interaction modalities and techniques - Volume Part IV
Evaluating a Tool for Improving Accessibility to Charts and Graphs
ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction (TOCHI)
Virtual sectioning and haptic exploration of volumetric shapes in the absence of visual feedback
Advances in Human-Computer Interaction
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In this paper we discuss the design of computer-based haptic graphs for blind and visually impaired people with the support of our preliminary experimental results. Since visual impairment makes data visualisation techniques inappropriate for blind people, we are developing a system that can make graphs accessible through haptic and audio media. The disparity between human haptic perception and the sensation simulated by force feedback devices is discussed. Our strategies to tackle technical difficulties posed by the limitations of force feedback devices are explained. Based on the results of experiments conducted on both blind and sighted people, we suggested two techniques: engraving and the use of texture to model curved lines on haptic graphs. Integration of surface property and auditory cues in our system are proposed to assist blind users in exploring haptic graphs.