Wayfinding tools for people with visual impairments in real-world settings: a literature review of recent studies

AT Parker, M Swobodzinski, JD Wright… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
A review of 35 peer reviewed articles dated from 2016 to February, 2021 was conducted to
identify and describe the types of wayfinding devices that people who are blind, visually …

The effectiveness of visual and audio wayfinding guidance on smartglasses for people with low vision

Y Zhao, E Kupferstein, H Rojnirun, L Findlater… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - dl.acm.org
Wayfinding is a critical but challenging task for people who have low vision, a visual
impairment that falls short of blindness. Prior wayfinding systems for people with visual …

Methodologies and evaluation of electronic travel aids for the visually impaired people: a review

MRM Romlay, SF Toha, AM Ibrahim, I Venkat - Bulletin of Electrical …, 2021 - beei.org
Technological advancements have widely contributed to navigation aids. However, their
large-scale adaptation for navigation solutions for visually impaired people haven't been …

Beyond the shortest route: A survey on quality-aware route navigation for pedestrians

P Siriaraya, Y Wang, Y Zhang, S Wakamiya… - IEEE …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Navigation systems often aid users when traveling in unfamiliar locations. Current
navigation systems tend to focus on identifying the shortest or fastest routes between two …

Pedestrian network generation based on crowdsourced tracking data

X Yang, L Tang, C Ren, Y Chen, Z ** People with Special Needs: 16th …, 2018 - Springer
Visual impairment limits people mainly in their travel related activities. Available navigation
systems and aids for people with visual impairment solely focus either on indoor or outdoor …

Improving reverse geocoding: Localization of blind pedestrians using conversational ui

V Gintner, J Balata, J Boksansky… - 2017 8th IEEE …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Geolocation services suffer from low precision in urban environments mainly due to sky
occlusion and signal reflections from buildings, which is the key disadvantage of current …

Sensory navigation guide for visually impaired sea kayakers

C Anthierens, D Groux, V Hugel - Journal of Field Robotics, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
At present, a visually impaired kayaker needs the assistance of a kayaker coach in charge of
guiding him/her by using loud vocal instructions or a sound device during the sea ride …