| Description |
1 online resource (xxvii, 725 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
1 Disability and assistive technology systems / Marion Hersh and Michael Johnson -- 2 Perception, the eye and assistive technology issues / Marion Hersh -- 3 Sight measurement / David Keating and Stuart Parks -- 4 Haptics as a substitute for vision / Gunnar Jansson -- 5 Mobility: an overview / Marion Hersh and Michael Johnson -- 6 Mobility AT: The Batcane (Ultracane) / Brian Hoyle and Dean Waters -- 7 Navigation AT: context-aware computing / Nicholas Bradley and Mark Dunlap -- 8 Accessible global positioning system (GPS) and related orientation technologies / Michael May and Charles LaPierre -- 9 Electronic travel aides: an assessment / Elizabeth M. Ball -- 10 Accessible environments / Marion Hersh and Michael Johnson -- 11 Accessible bus system: a Bluetooth application / Tai Fook Lim Jerry, Han Leong Goh and Kok Kiong Tan -- 12 Accessible information: an overview / Marion Hersh and Michael Johnson -- 13 Screen readers and screen magnifiers / Gareth Evans and Paul Blenkhorn -- 14 Speech, text and Braille conversion technology / Rüdiger Hoffman -- 15 Accessing books and documents / James Fruchterman -- 16 Designing accessible music software for print impaired people / David Crombie and Roger Lenoir -- 17 Assistive technology for daily living / Marion Hersh and Michael Johnson -- 18 Assistive technology for education, employment and recreation / Marion Hersh and Michael Johnson |
| Summary |
Equal access to services and public places is now required by law in many countries. In the case of the visually impaired, it is often the use of assistive technology that facilitates their full participation in many societal activities ranging from meetings and entertainment to the more personal activities of reading books or making music. In this volume, the engineering techniques and design principles used in many solutions for vision-impaired and blind people are described and explained. Features: - a new comprehensive assistive technology model structures the volume into groups of chapters on vision fundamentals, mobility, communications and access to information, daily living, education and employment, and finally recreational activities; - contributions by international authors from the diverse engineering and scientific disciplines needed to describe and develop the necessary assistive technology solutions; - systematic coverage of the many different types of assistive technology devices, applications and solutions used by visually impaired and blind people; - chapters open with learning objectives and close with sets of test questions and details of practical projects that can be used for student investigative work and self-study. Assistive Technology for Vision-impaired and Blind People is an excellent self-study and reference textbook for assistive technology and rehabilitation engineering students and professionals. The comprehensive presentation also allows engineers and health professionals to update their knowledge of recent assistive technology developments for people with sight impairment and loss |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| In |
Springer eBooks |
| Subject |
People with visual disabilities -- Orientation and mobility -- Technological innovations
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People with visual disabilities -- Means of communication -- Technological innovations
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Blind, Apparatus for the -- Technological innovations
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Communication devices for people with disabilities -- Technological innovations
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Self-help devices for people with disabilities.
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Self-Help Devices
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Persons with Visual Disabilities
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Equipment Design
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Ingénierie.
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Biomedical engineering
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Electronics
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Engineering design
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Ophthalmology
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Rehabilitation
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Telecommunication
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Hersh, Marion A., 1956-
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Johnson, Michael A., 1948-
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| LC no. |
2007931821 |
| ISBN |
9781846288678 |
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1846288673 |
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1846288665 |
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9781846288661 |
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