An insight into smartphone-based assistive solutions for visually impaired and blind people: issues, challenges and opportunities

A Khan, S Khusro - Universal Access in the Information Society, 2021 - Springer
Blind people are confronting a number of challenges in performing activities of daily life such
as reading labels on a product, identification of currency notes, exploring unknown spaces …

Analysis of navigation assistants for blind and visually impaired people: A systematic review

S Khan, S Nazir, HU Khan - IEEE access, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Over the last few decades, the development in the field of navigation and routing devices
has become a hindering task for the researchers to develop smart and intelligent guiding …

The interaction experiences of visually impaired people with assistive technology: A case study of smartphones

HK Kim, SH Han, J Park, J Park - International Journal of Industrial …, 2016 - Elsevier
Globally, the number of visually impaired people is large and increasing. Many assistive
technologies are being developed to help visually impaired people, because they still have …

Augmented reality glasses as an orientation and mobility aid for people with low vision: a feasibility study of experiences and requirements

H Min Htike, T H. Margrain, YK Lai… - Proceedings of the 2021 …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
People with low vision experience reduced mobility that affects their physical and mental
wellbeing. With augmented reality (AR) glasses, there are new opportunities to provide …

The challenges in adopting assistive technologies in the workplace for people with visual impairments

H Wahidin, J Waycott, S Baker - … of the 30th Australian Conference on …, 2018 - dl.acm.org
There are many barriers to employment for people with visual impairments. Assistive
technologies (ATs), such as computer screen readers and enlarging software, are commonly …

Assistive technology solutions for aiding travel of pedestrians with visual impairment

P Chanana, R Paul, M Balakrishnan… - … of rehabilitation and …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
This work systematically reviews the assistive technology solutions for pedestrians with
visual impairment and reveals that most of the existing solutions address a specific part of …

User-centered design of a depth data based obstacle detection and avoidance system for the visually impaired

R Jafri, MM Khan - Human-centric Computing and Information Sciences, 2018 - Springer
The development of a novel depth-data based real-time obstacle detection and avoidance
application for visually impaired (VI) individuals to assist them in navigating independently in …

A smart context-aware hazard attention system to help people with peripheral vision loss

O Younis, W Al-Nuaimy, F Rowe, MH Alomari - Sensors, 2019 - mdpi.com
Peripheral vision loss results in the inability to detect objects in the peripheral visual field
which affects the ability to evaluate and avoid potential hazards. A different number of …

Understanding experiences of blind individuals in outdoor nature

M Bandukda, A Singh, N Berthouze… - Extended Abstracts of the …, 2019 - dl.acm.org
Research shows that exposure to nature has benefits for people's mental and physical
health and that ubiquitous and mobile technologies encourage engagement with nature …

Spotlights and soundscapes: On the design of mixed reality auditory environments for persons with visual impairment

KR May, BJ Tomlinson, X Ma, P Roberts… - ACM Transactions on …, 2020 - dl.acm.org
For persons with visual impairment, forming cognitive maps of unfamiliar interior spaces can
be challenging. Various technical developments have converged to make it feasible, without …