The Design and Preliminary Evaluation of a Finger-Mounted Camera and Feedback System to Enable Reading of Printed Text for the Blind
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- Authors
- Stearns, L., Du, R., Oh, U., Wang, Y., Findlater, L., Chellappa, R., & Froehlich, J. E.
- Affiliations
- University of Maryland, College Park (US)
- Corresponding author
- Stearns, Lee
- Venue
- Lecture Notes in Computer Science
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Published
- 2015
- Pages
- 615-631
- ISSN
- 0302-9743 (ISSN-L)
- 1611-3349
- OpenAlex
- W2406691756
- Cited by
- 27
- References
- 55
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 5 · 2016: 5 · 2015: 5
- FWCI
- 10.55
- Type
- conference paper
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Lecture notes in computer science (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Tactile and Sensory Interactions
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Occupational Therapy › Assistive Technology in Communication and Mobility
- Social Sciences › Human Factors and Ergonomics › Digital Accessibility for Disabilities
- Keywords
- visually impaired users, blind users, haptic feedback, audio feedback, activities of daily living, assistive technology
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