盲人和视力低下的人使用路径工具
1Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada.
Studies in health technology and informatics
|August 28, 2023
概括
盲人或视力低下的人面临数字地图,导航应用程序和相机应用程序的可访问性挑战. 他们的经验突出了改善定向工具和辅助技术以获得更大的独立性的关键领域.
科学领域:
- 辅助技术 辅助技术 辅助技术
- 人与计算机的交互
- 可访问性研究 研究可访问性
背景情况:
- 寻找路径对于独立的流动性至关重要.
- 现有的数字路径工具经常对视力受损的用户构成可访问性障碍.
- 辅助技术在使盲人和视力低下的人能够导航方面发挥着至关重要的作用.
研究的目的:
- 通过使用各种寻路工具,调查盲人和视力低下者的经历.
- 识别与数字地图,导航应用程序和相机应用程序遇到的特定可访问性问题.
- 收集有关这些技术用于学习新位置的可用性的用户意见和担忧.
主要方法:
- 对参与者进行了一项在线调查.
- 后续的半结构面试与一小部分参与者进行.
- 这项研究包括十名盲人和六名视力低下的人.
主要成果:
- 参与者报告说,当前的数字路径工具带来了重大可访问性挑战.
- 确定了有关导航应用程序和数字地图用于空间理解的可用性的特定问题.
- 摄像机应用程序虽然提供了一些实用性,但也提出了明显的可访问性障碍.
结论:
- 迫切需要为盲人和视力低下者社区提供更容易获得的路径解决方案.
- 导航和辅助技术的设计人员和开发人员必须优先考虑以用户为中心的可访问性.
- 需要进一步的研究来共同设计促进独立流动性的包容性路径工具.
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