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Whom-I-Approach: A System that Provides Cues on Approachability of Bystanders for Blind Users

Schnelle-Walka, Dirk ; Tan, Chiew Seng Sean ; Ostie, Patrick ; Radomski, Stefan ; Luyten, Kris ; Coninx, Karin ; Mühlhäuser, Max (2016)
Whom-I-Approach: A System that Provides Cues on Approachability of Bystanders for Blind Users.
Report, Bibliographie

Kurzbeschreibung (Abstract)

Body posture is one of many visual cues used by sighted persons to determine if someone would be open to initiate a conversation. These cues are inaccessible for individuals with blindness leading to difficulties when deciding whom to approach for eventual assistance. Current camera technologies, such as depth cameras, enable to automatically scan the environment to assess the approachability of nearby persons. We present Whom-I-Approach, a system that translates postures of bystanders into a measure of approachability and communicates this information using auditory and tactile cues. The system scans the environment and determines the approachability based on body posture for the persons in the vicinity of the user. Efficiency as well as perceived system usability and psychosocial attitudes are measured in a user study showing the potential to improve competence for users with blindness prior to engagement in social interactions.

Typ des Eintrags: Report
Erschienen: 2016
Autor(en): Schnelle-Walka, Dirk ; Tan, Chiew Seng Sean ; Ostie, Patrick ; Radomski, Stefan ; Luyten, Kris ; Coninx, Karin ; Mühlhäuser, Max
Art des Eintrags: Bibliographie
Titel: Whom-I-Approach: A System that Provides Cues on Approachability of Bystanders for Blind Users
Sprache: Englisch
Publikationsjahr: August 2016
Ort: Darmstadt
Verlag: Technische Universität
Reihe: Technical Report
Kurzbeschreibung (Abstract):

Body posture is one of many visual cues used by sighted persons to determine if someone would be open to initiate a conversation. These cues are inaccessible for individuals with blindness leading to difficulties when deciding whom to approach for eventual assistance. Current camera technologies, such as depth cameras, enable to automatically scan the environment to assess the approachability of nearby persons. We present Whom-I-Approach, a system that translates postures of bystanders into a measure of approachability and communicates this information using auditory and tactile cues. The system scans the environment and determines the approachability based on body posture for the persons in the vicinity of the user. Efficiency as well as perceived system usability and psychosocial attitudes are measured in a user study showing the potential to improve competence for users with blindness prior to engagement in social interactions.

Freie Schlagworte: - TNT - Area Talk and Touch Interaction;- TnT: UI Blind Meeting
Fachbereich(e)/-gebiet(e): 20 Fachbereich Informatik
20 Fachbereich Informatik > Telekooperation
Hinterlegungsdatum: 31 Dez 2016 12:59
Letzte Änderung: 15 Aug 2023 12:49
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