Enlightened: The art of finger reading
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Summary, in English
For some forty years the eye-tracking technology has facilitated the study of eye movement patterns for sighted people during reading and other visual activities. Today – a newly developed automatic finger tracking system makes it possible to reconstruct blind people’s tactile reading in real time and to automatically analyze finger movements during Braille text reading and tactile picture recognition. In this case study, the very first automatic finger tracking system is presented together with results indicating how Braille readers can increase awareness of their own reading styles. This opens up for future Braille
education to become more evidence-based and, at the same time, for a new research field: contrastive studies of language in its auditory, visual and tactile manifestations.
education to become more evidence-based and, at the same time, for a new research field: contrastive studies of language in its auditory, visual and tactile manifestations.
Department/s
Publishing year
2008
Language
English
Pages
249-260
Publication/Series
Studia Linguistica
Volume
62
Issue
3
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Document type
Journal article
Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Topic
- Human Aspects of ICT
Keywords
- Fallstudier och användartester
- Synskador och blindhet
- certec
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 1467-9582