Review of navigation assistive tools and technologies for the visually impaired

MD Messaoudi, BAJ Menelas, H Mcheick - Sensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
The visually impaired suffer greatly while moving from one place to another. They face
challenges in going outdoors and in protecting themselves from moving and stationary …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Sonification of navigation instructions for people with visual impairment

D Ahmetovic, F Avanzini, A Baratè, C Bernareggi… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Navigation assistance services for people with visual impairment pose the challenge of
providing accurate guidance through non-visual navigation instructions. This paper …

A systematic literature review on the usability of mobile applications for visually impaired users

M Al-Razgan, S Almoaiqel, N Alrajhi… - PeerJ Computer …, 2021 - peerj.com
Interacting with mobile applications can often be challenging for people with visual
impairments due to the poor usability of some mobile applications. The goal of this paper is …

Design of navigation applications for people with disabilities: A review of literature and guideline formulation

M Zahabi, X Zheng, A Maredia… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
A mobile navigation application (App) can provide flexible wayfinding guidance, save time,
and reduce stress for people in unfamiliar buildings or environments. Wayfinding is also a …

An IoT-enabled platform for the assessment of physical and mental activities utilizing augmented reality exergaming

D Koulouris, A Menychtas, I Maglogiannis - Sensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
Augmented reality (AR) and Internet of Things (IoT) are among the core technological
elements of modern information systems and applications in which advanced features for …

Recent advancements in indoor electronic travel aids for the blind or visually impaired: a comprehensive review of technologies and implementations

IJ Kim - Universal Access in the Information Society, 2024 - Springer
The human sense of vision is a critical tool for interaction and exploration in the physical
world. However, this valuable faculty can be impaired by a range of causes, such as …

Assessment of wayfinding performance in complex healthcare facilities: A conceptual framework

A Al-Sharaa, M Adam, AS Amer Nordin, R Mundher… - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
Wayfinding is considered to be one of the most demanding challenges to be performed by
hospitals' users. Wayfinding has been an interest among researchers from different fields …

Evaluating the efficacy of UNav: A computer vision-based navigation aid for persons with blindness or low vision

A Yang, N Tamkittikhun, G Hamilton-Fletcher… - 2024 - Taylor & Francis
UNav is a computer-vision-based localization and navigation aid that provides step-by-step
route instructions to reach selected destinations without any infrastructure in both indoor and …

Possible assistive technology solutions for people with moderate to severe/profound intellectual and multiple disabilities: considerations on their function and long …

GE Lancioni, NN Singh, MF O'Reilly… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The paper presents several assistive technology solutions that may be used to help people
with moderate to severe/profound intellectual and multiple disabilities reach relevant goals …