Using a Mobile Application to Help Visually Impaired Individuals Explore the Outdoors

Long, Shelby K.; Karpinsky, Nicole D.; Döner, Hilal; Still, Jeremiah D.

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-41962-6_19

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“…It is interesting to observe that most participants mentioned outdoors navigation as a daily challenge faced by visually impaired people. This finding is consistent with much of the literature that addresses improving navigation [23][24][25][26]. Navigation devices give users alerts and feedback about the environment and possible obstacles.…”

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Aesthetics and the perceived stigma of assistive technology for visual impairment

Santos

Ferrari

Médola

et al. 2020

Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology

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Purpose: The aim of this study was to identify factors that influence the perceived stigma of two assistive devices for visual impairment, namely the white cane and smart glasses. Method: Face-to-face semi-structured interviews with eight European students were conducted to probe their experiences and knowledge related to disability, assistive technology, visual impairment, as well as handheld and wearable devices. Results: Close relationships with disabled people seems to have a positive influence on participants perceptions about stigma, disability, and assistive technology. Academic background seems to not have any influence. The aesthetics of assistive devices was observed as an important factor that influences the adoption or abandonment of the device. Conclusion: Device without negative symbolism but with modern aesthetics (smart glasses) were positively accepted by the participants than the device with traditional aesthetics and symbolisms of visual impairment (white cane). Designers should, therefore, consider aesthetics in addition to functionality in order to avoid the perceived stigma, thereby reducing the chances of device abandonment. ä IMPLICATIONS FOR REHABILITATIONUnderstanding the factors that influence the perceived stigma associated with assistive technology can help designers and developers to reduce assistive technology abandonment and perceived stigma. Designers need to consider both functionality and aesthetics. While functionality is crucial for the users' adaptation, aesthetics is important for the users' positive perceptions.

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Section: Improvementssupporting

confidence: 88%

Aesthetics and the perceived stigma of assistive technology for visual impairment

Santos

Ferrari

Médola

et al. 2020

Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology

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“…Other barriers hindering the social inclusion of blind people include the lack of satisfactory institutional solutions, architectural barriers, and the maladjustment of the education system to the changing conditions of the labor market, especially with regard to the improvement of professional competences [26][27][28]. Much attention in the literature has been given to adapting of urban spaces to the needs of blind people [19,[29][30][31][32].…”

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Ageing and Keeping Pace with Technology: A Grounded Theory Study on Blind Adults’ Experiences of Adapting to New Technologies

Betlej

Gondek²,

Gondek³

2023

IJERPH

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This study investigated blind adults’ experiences of adapting to digital technologies. The authors’ focus was on how they have been experiencing changes implied by digital transformation, which provided the starting point for assessing their prospects and/or limitations for self-development through new technologies in the future. The second point concerned designing technologies for blind adults by adding questions about their specific needs and expectations for digital device designers. To develop these main issues, we planned a qualitative grounded theory study in which 16 blind adults were individually interviewed. It aimed to provide rich descriptions of a selected phenomenon. The research analysis was conducted by using the sociological and philosophical methods, which provided insights into the social assessment of digital development for ageing by blind adults. The data analysis revealed five distinct categories that captured these experiences and expectations: (1) wishing to learn—“Digital technology gives me privacy and independence”; (2) having to learn—“If you do not have new digital devices or do not know how to use them, you end up on the margins of society”; (3) being socially excluded—“Designers of new technologies do not think about blind adults”; (4) fearing to stop understanding—“Technological development is too rapid, it is difficult to be on time while ageing”; and (5) waiting for the changes—“I hope my situation will change in the future”. Together, these five categories form the basis of the core category “Ageing and keeping pace with technology”, which encapsulates the initial adaptation experiences of the interviewees to the technological development. The findings indicate that the blind adults experienced digital devices as tools for improving their well-being, but they also saw them as posing the threat of being socially excluded because of new technology designs and accessibility barriers.

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“…From the literature, we can see that considering users' satisfaction has become a crucial aspect of the design. This led later studies to consider the satisfaction when using an application as an important usability dimension (Long, Karpinsky, Döner, & Still, 2016). Thus, we considered examining learners' level of satisfaction when using the proposed interface using the "User Interface Satisfaction" or "UIS" questionnaire developed by Chin, Diehl, and Norman (1988).…”

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A First Look at the Effectiveness of Personality Dimensions in Promoting Users’ Satisfaction With the System

Sarsam

Al-Samarraie

2018

Sage Open

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Personalization of the user interface (UI) to certain individuals' characteristics is crucial for ensuring satisfaction with the service. Unfortunately, the attention in most UI personalization methods have been shifted from being behavioralpersonalization to self-personalization. Practically, we explored the potential of linking users' personality dimensions with their design preferences to shape the design of an interface. It is assumed that such design may effectively promote users' satisfaction with the service. A total of 87 participants were used to design the UI for certain personality types, and 50 students were used to evaluate their satisfaction with the UI. The results that UI designed based on the users' personality characteristics helped to stimulate their satisfaction in a mobile learning context. This study offers a new way for customizing the design of the interface based on the correlational link between individuals' preferences and the structure of personality characteristics.

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Using a Mobile Application to Help Visually Impaired Individuals Explore the Outdoors

Cited by 13 publications

References 12 publications

Aesthetics and the perceived stigma of assistive technology for visual impairment

Aesthetics and the perceived stigma of assistive technology for visual impairment

Ageing and Keeping Pace with Technology: A Grounded Theory Study on Blind Adults’ Experiences of Adapting to New Technologies

A First Look at the Effectiveness of Personality Dimensions in Promoting Users’ Satisfaction With the System

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