Computers Helping People with Special Needs

1. Front Matter

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2. Tactile Graphics and Models for Blind People and Recognition of Shapes by Touch

   1. Towards Automatically Generated Tactile Detail Maps by 3D Printers for Blind Persons

      • Timo Götzelmann, Aleksander Pavkovic

      Pages 1-7

   2. Opportunities and Limitations of Haptic Technologies for Non-visual Access to 2D and 3D Graphics

      • Helen Sullivan, Shrirang Sahasrabudhe, Jukka Liimatainen, Markku Hakkinen

      Pages 8-11

   3. Do Blind Subjects Differ from Sighted Subjects When Exploring Virtual Tactile Maps?

      • Mariacarla Memeo, Claudio Campus, Luca Brayda

      Pages 12-17

   4. Development of Synchronized CUI and GUI for Universal Design Tactile Graphics Production System BPLOT3

      • Mamoru Fujiyoshi, Akio Fujiyoshi, Akiko Osawa, Yusuke Kuroda, Yuta Sasaki

      Pages 18-25

   5. Production of Accessible Tactile Graphics

      • Denise Prescher, Jens Bornschein, Gerhard Weber

      Pages 26-33

   6. Edutactile - A Tool for Rapid Generation of Accurate Guideline-Compliant Tactile Graphics for Science and Mathematics

      • Mrinal Mech, Kunal Kwatra, Supriya Das, Piyush Chanana, Rohan Paul, M. Balakrishnan

      Pages 34-41

3. Mobility Support and Accessible Tourism

   1. Tactile Map Automated Creation System Using OpenStreetMap

      • Tetsuya Watanabe, Toshimitsu Yamaguchi, Satoko Koda, Kazunori Minatani

      Pages 42-49

   2. Narrative Map Augmentation with Automated Landmark Extraction and Path Inference

      • Vladimir Kulyukin, Thimma Reddy

      Pages 50-53

   3. The Mobile Travel Assistance System NAMO with Way-Finding Support in Public Transport Environments

      • Christian Bühler, Helmut Heck, Annika Nietzio, Frank Reins

      Pages 54-57

   4. A Mobile Guidance Platform for Public Transportation

      • Reinhard Koutny, Peter Heumader, Klaus Miesenberger

      Pages 58-64

   5. FB-Finger: Development of a Novel Electric Travel Aid with a Unique Haptic Interface

      • Kiyohide Ito, Yoshiharu Fujimoto, Ryoko Otsuki, Yuka Niiyama, Akihiro Masatani, Takanori Komatsu et al.

      Pages 65-72

   6. Open Accessibility Data Interlinking

      • Chaohai Ding, Mike Wald, Gary Wills

      Pages 73-80

   7. Pre-journey Visualization of Travel Routes for the Blind on Refreshable Interactive Tactile Displays

      • Mihail Ivanchev, Francis Zinke, Ulrike Lucke

      Pages 81-88

   8. Road Information Collection and Sharing System Based on Social Framework

      • Takatoshi Suenaga

      Pages 89-91

   9. Waypoint Validation Strategies in Assisted Navigation for Visually Impaired Pedestrian

      • Slim Kammoun, Marc J-M. Macé, Christophe Jouffrais

      Pages 92-99

   10. ARGUS Autonomous Navigation System for People with Visual Impairments

       • Eduardo Carrasco, Estíbaliz Loyo, Oihana Otaegui, Claudia Fösleitner, Markus Dubielzig, Rafael Olmedo et al.

       Pages 100-107

   11. A University Indoors Audio-Tactile Mobility Aid for Individuals with Blindness

       • Konstantinos Papadopoulos, Marialena Barouti, Konstantinos Charitakis

       Pages 108-115

   12. An OpenStreetMap Editing Interface for Visually Impaired Users Based on Geo-semantic Information

       • Ahmed El-Safty, Bernhard Schmitz, Thomas Ertl

       Pages 116-119

   13. Individualized Route Planning and Guidance Based on Map Content Transformations

       • Bernhard Schmitz, Thomas Ertl

       Pages 120-127

The two-volume set LNCS 8547 and 8548 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Computers Helping People with Special Needs, ICCHP 2014, held in Paris, France, in July 2014. The 132 revised full papers and 55 short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 362 submissions. The papers included in the second volume are organized in the following topical sections: tactile graphics and models for blind people and recognition of shapes by touch; mobility support and accessible tourism; smart and assistive environments: ambient assisted living (AAL); text entry for accessible computing; people with motor and mobility disabilities: AT and accessibility; assistive technology: service and practice; ICT-based learning technologies for disabled and non-disabled people; universal learning design: methodology; universal learning design: hearing impaired and deaf people; universal learning design: sign language in education; sign language transcription, recognition and generation; universal learning design: accessibility and AT; differentiation, individualisation and influencing factors in ICT-assisted learning for people with special needs; developing accessible teaching and learning materials within a user centred design framework and using mobile technologies to support individuals with special needs in educational environments.

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• computer vision
• document management and text processing
• e-learning
• facebook
• machine learning algorithms
• mobile devices
• people with disabilities
• publishing
• smart phones
• social networks
• user centred design
• user interface design
• virtual reality

• Institute "Integriert Studieren", Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria

  Klaus Miesenberger

• Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada

  Deborah Fels

• THIM/EA 4004 CHArt, Université Paris 8 Vincennes-Saint Denis, Saint-Denis Cedex, France

  Dominique Archambault

• Teiresias Centre, Botanická 68A, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic

  Petr Peňáz

• Institute "Integriert Studieren", Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria

  Wolfgang Zagler

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