NavCog3 is a smartphone turn-by-turn navigation assistant system we developed
specifically designed to enable independent navigation for people with visual impairments …

Improvements in technology and navigation tools are leading to more affordable and
effective solutions to assist individuals with visual impairments. The progress made in …

Navigating in unfamiliar environments is challenging for most people, especially for
individuals with visual impairments. While many personal navigation tools have been …

Navigating complex routes and finding objects of interest are challenging tasks for the
visually impaired. The project NAVIG (Navigation Assisted by artificial VIsion and GNSS) is …

The world has approximately 253 million visually impaired (VI) people according to a report
by the world health organization (WHO) in 2014. Thirty-six million people are estimated to be …

Accessibility information is necessary to support the everyday mobility of people with
disabilities. As a service to aid the mobility of students with disabilities, some universities …

Orientation and mobility are tremendous problems for Blind people. Assistive technologies
based on Global Positioning System (GPS) could provide them with a remarkable autonomy …

Navigation, especially in unknown areas, remains a major problem for the visually impaired
(VI). Over the past 50years, a number of electronic travel aids (ETAs) have been developed …

This paper proposes a novel framework for a better understanding of human cognitive
locomotion and its interaction with the new tactile technologies that assist mobility and the …

Nowadays, Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) has increasingly gained
attractiveness to both amateur users and professionals. Using data generated from the …