Vibration-based communication for deafblind people

Kutner, David C.; Hadžidedić, Sunčica

doi:10.1109/haptics52432.2022.9765570

Vibration-based communication for deafblind people

Kutner, David C.; Hadžidedić, Sunčica

Authors

David Kutner david.c.kutner@durham.ac.uk
PGR Student Doctor of Philosophy

Dr Suncica Hadzidedic suncica.hadzidedic@durham.ac.uk
Assistant Professor

Abstract

Deafblind people have both hearing and visual impairments, which makes communication with other people often dependent on expensive technologies e.g., Braille displays, or on caregivers acting as interpreters. This paper presents Morse I/O (MIO), a vibrotactile interface for Android, evaluated through experiments and interviews with deafblind participants. MIO was shown to enable consistent text entry and recognition after only a few hours of practice. The participants were willing to continue using the interface, although there were perceived difficulties in learning to use it. Overall, MIO is a cost-effective, portable interface for deafblind people without access to Braille displays or similar.

Citation

Kutner, D. C., & Hadžidedić, S. (2022). Vibration-based communication for deafblind people. . https://doi.org/10.1109/haptics52432.2022.9765570

Conference Name	2022 IEEE Haptics Symposium (HAPTICS)
Conference Location	Santa Barbara, CA
Start Date	Mar 21, 2022
End Date	Mar 24, 2022
Online Publication Date	May 5, 2022
Publication Date	2022
Deposit Date	May 12, 2022
Publicly Available Date	May 12, 2022
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1109/haptics52432.2022.9765570
Related Public URLs	https://arxiv.org/abs/2205.04802

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