Designing Accessible Maps on Mobile Devices for Blind and Visually Impaired Users

Tania Calle-Jimenez; Sergio Luján-Mora; Hugo Arias-Flores; Carlos Ramos-Galarza; Isabel L. Nunes

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-51194-4_15

Designing Accessible Maps on Mobile Devices for Blind and Visually Impaired Users

Tania Calle-Jimenez, Sergio Luján-Mora, Hugo Arias-Flores, Carlos Ramos-Galarza, Isabel L. Nunes

Facultad de Psicología

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Currently, there is a high percentage of people with visual disabilities worldwide. Sometimes, these people do not have access to the information of online geographic maps. A traditional map published on the Web does not provide the necessary alternative information for people with visual disabilities. This research presents a mobile application with geographic maps that provides the information in audio format to blind and visually impaired users. The application uses the Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG Tiny) format that allows additional information to be stored within the map code. SVG Tiny provides to screen readers the content inside of map code to transform text to audio. The tests were carried out through accessibility assessment tools, which showed a level of accessibility greater than 90%. In addition, tests were carried out with blind people, who were satisfied with the level of accessibility of the mobile application.

Idioma original	Inglés
Título de la publicación alojada	Advances in Industrial Design - Proceedings of the AHFE 2020 Virtual Conferences on Design for Inclusion, Affective and Pleasurable Design, Interdisciplinary Practice in Industrial Design, Kansei Engineering, and Human Factors for Apparel and Textile Engineering
Editores	Giuseppe Di Bucchianico, Cliff Sungsoo Shin, Scott Shim, Shuichi Fukuda, Gianni Montagna, Cristina Carvalho
Editorial	Springer
Páginas	110-116
Número de páginas	7
ISBN (versión impresa)	9783030511937
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-51194-4_15
Estado	Publicada - 2020
Evento	AHFE Virtual Conference on Design for Inclusion, the Virtual Conference on Interdisciplinary Practice in Industrial Design, the Virtual Conference on Affective and Pleasurable Design, the Virtual Conference on Kansei Engineering, and the Virtual Conference on Human Factors for Apparel and Textile Engineering, 2020 - San Diego, Estados Unidos Duración: 16 jul. 2020 → 20 jul. 2020

Serie de la publicación

Nombre	Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing
Volumen	1202 AISC
ISSN (versión impresa)	2194-5357
ISSN (versión digital)	2194-5365

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Conferencia	AHFE Virtual Conference on Design for Inclusion, the Virtual Conference on Interdisciplinary Practice in Industrial Design, the Virtual Conference on Affective and Pleasurable Design, the Virtual Conference on Kansei Engineering, and the Virtual Conference on Human Factors for Apparel and Textile Engineering, 2020
País/Territorio	Estados Unidos
Ciudad	San Diego
Período	16/07/20 → 20/07/20

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Calle-Jimenez, T., Luján-Mora, S., Arias-Flores, H., Ramos-Galarza, C., & Nunes, I. L. (2020). Designing Accessible Maps on Mobile Devices for Blind and Visually Impaired Users. En G. Di Bucchianico, C. S. Shin, S. Shim, S. Fukuda, G. Montagna, & C. Carvalho (Eds.), Advances in Industrial Design - Proceedings of the AHFE 2020 Virtual Conferences on Design for Inclusion, Affective and Pleasurable Design, Interdisciplinary Practice in Industrial Design, Kansei Engineering, and Human Factors for Apparel and Textile Engineering (pp. 110-116). (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing; Vol. 1202 AISC). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-51194-4_15

Calle-Jimenez, Tania ; Luján-Mora, Sergio ; Arias-Flores, Hugo et al. / Designing Accessible Maps on Mobile Devices for Blind and Visually Impaired Users. Advances in Industrial Design - Proceedings of the AHFE 2020 Virtual Conferences on Design for Inclusion, Affective and Pleasurable Design, Interdisciplinary Practice in Industrial Design, Kansei Engineering, and Human Factors for Apparel and Textile Engineering. editor / Giuseppe Di Bucchianico ; Cliff Sungsoo Shin ; Scott Shim ; Shuichi Fukuda ; Gianni Montagna ; Cristina Carvalho. Springer, 2020. pp. 110-116 (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing).

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Advances in Industrial Design - Proceedings of the AHFE 2020 Virtual Conferences on Design for Inclusion, Affective and Pleasurable Design, Interdisciplinary Practice in Industrial Design, Kansei Engineering, and Human Factors for Apparel and Textile Engineering. ed. / Giuseppe Di Bucchianico; Cliff Sungsoo Shin; Scott Shim; Shuichi Fukuda; Gianni Montagna; Cristina Carvalho. Springer, 2020. p. 110-116 (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing; Vol. 1202 AISC).

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