Braille Text Entry on Smartphones: A Systematic Review of the Literature

Siqueira, Joyce; Soares, Fabrízzio; Ferreira, Deller James; Silva, Cleyton Rafael Gomes; Berretta, Luciana de Oliveira; Ferreira, Cristiane B. R.; Felix, Igor Moreira; Soares, Anderson da Silva; Costa, Ronaldo Martins da; Luna, Mateus Machado

doi:10.1109/compsac.2016.74

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“…Other barriers hindering the social inclusion of blind people include the lack of satisfactory institutional solutions, architectural barriers, and the maladjustment of the education system to the changing conditions of the labor market, especially with regard to the improvement of professional competences [26][27][28]. Much attention in the literature has been given to adapting of urban spaces to the needs of blind people [19,[29][30][31][32].…”

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Ageing and Keeping Pace with Technology: A Grounded Theory Study on Blind Adults’ Experiences of Adapting to New Technologies

Betlej

Gondek²,

Gondek³

2023

IJERPH

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This study investigated blind adults’ experiences of adapting to digital technologies. The authors’ focus was on how they have been experiencing changes implied by digital transformation, which provided the starting point for assessing their prospects and/or limitations for self-development through new technologies in the future. The second point concerned designing technologies for blind adults by adding questions about their specific needs and expectations for digital device designers. To develop these main issues, we planned a qualitative grounded theory study in which 16 blind adults were individually interviewed. It aimed to provide rich descriptions of a selected phenomenon. The research analysis was conducted by using the sociological and philosophical methods, which provided insights into the social assessment of digital development for ageing by blind adults. The data analysis revealed five distinct categories that captured these experiences and expectations: (1) wishing to learn—“Digital technology gives me privacy and independence”; (2) having to learn—“If you do not have new digital devices or do not know how to use them, you end up on the margins of society”; (3) being socially excluded—“Designers of new technologies do not think about blind adults”; (4) fearing to stop understanding—“Technological development is too rapid, it is difficult to be on time while ageing”; and (5) waiting for the changes—“I hope my situation will change in the future”. Together, these five categories form the basis of the core category “Ageing and keeping pace with technology”, which encapsulates the initial adaptation experiences of the interviewees to the technological development. The findings indicate that the blind adults experienced digital devices as tools for improving their well-being, but they also saw them as posing the threat of being socially excluded because of new technology designs and accessibility barriers.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Ageing and Keeping Pace with Technology: A Grounded Theory Study on Blind Adults’ Experiences of Adapting to New Technologies

Betlej

Gondek²,

Gondek³

2023

IJERPH

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“…For users' abilities, we distinguish soft keyboards intended for people without major constraints, those designed for motor-disabled people [36], and those studied for people with a visual impairment [4,43].…”

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DESSK: Description Space for Soft Keyboards

Raynal

Badr

MacKenzie

2022

Lecture Notes in Computer Science

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We present dessk, a description space for soft keyboards. dessk provides a framework for any soft keyboard to be graphically described along four dimensions -context, representation, interaction, and linguistic system -each with multiple criteria. dessk begins with a blank working template which is populated with labels and symbols to characterize the dynamics and interactions of the keyboard. The goal is to provide a framework within which any soft keyboard can be placed and to serve as a theoretical basis to situate soft keyboards in relation to proposed or existing systems.

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“…Text entry, is one that received particular attention, especially by those who stand that Braille make more sense for those literate on this system. The most important works from 2011 to 2015 about Braille text entry for smartphones are presented through a systematic review [26]. In addition we highlight a couple more recent articles.…”

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Braille text entry on smartwatches

Luna

Soares

Nascimento

et al. 2019

Proceedings of the ACM SIGCHI Symposium on Engineering Interactive Computing Systems

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Smartwatches are gaining popularity on market with a set of features comparable to smartphones in a wearable device. This novice technology brings new interaction paradigms and challenges for blind users, who have difficulties dealing with touchscreens. Among a variety of tasks that must be studied, text entry is analyzed, considering that current existing solutions may be unsatisfactory (as voice input) or even unfeasible (as working with tiny QWERTY keyboards) for a blind user. More specifically, this paper presents a study on possible solutions for composing a Braille cell on smartwatches. Five prototypes were developed and different feedback features were proposed. These are confronted with seven specialists on an evaluation study that results in a qualitative analysis of which strategies can be more useful for blind users in a Braille text entry.

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Braille Text Entry on Smartphones: A Systematic Review of the Literature

Cited by 17 publications

References 10 publications

Ageing and Keeping Pace with Technology: A Grounded Theory Study on Blind Adults’ Experiences of Adapting to New Technologies

Ageing and Keeping Pace with Technology: A Grounded Theory Study on Blind Adults’ Experiences of Adapting to New Technologies

DESSK: Description Space for Soft Keyboards

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