NIH R01 · 2024
Point and Listen: Augmented Reality Interfaces for the Visually Impaired
Point and Listen: Augmented Reality Interfaces for the Visually Impaired Summary CamIO (“Camera Input-Output”) is a project designed to make physical objects, including documents, maps and 3D objects such as architectural models, fully accessible to people who are blind or visually impaired. It makes these objects accessible by means of an audio-based Augmented Reality (AR) interface: the user points to a specific location on an object of interest and hears audio information about this location read aloud (or sees an enhanced image of the selected location if the user has low vision). Compared with other approaches to making objects accessible to people who are blind or visually impaired,…
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