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Usable gestures for blind people: understanding preference and performance
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Despite growing awareness of the accessibility issues surrounding touch screen use by blind people, designers still face challenges when creating accessible touch screen interfaces. One major stumbling block is a lack of understanding about how blind people actually use touch screens. We conducted two user studies that compared how blind people and sighted people use touch screen gestures. First, we conducted a gesture elicitation study in which 10 blind and 10 sighted people invented gestures to perform common computing tasks on a tablet PC. We found that blind people have different gesture preferences than sighted people, including preferences for edge-based gestures and gestures that involve tapping virtual keys on a keyboard. Second, we conducted a performance study in which the same participants performed a set of reference gestures. We found significant differences in the speed, size, and shape of gestures performed by blind people versus those performed by sighted people. Our results suggest new design guidelines for accessible touch screen interfaces.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Kane, S. K., Wobbrock, J. O., & Ladner, R. E.
- Affiliations
- University of Washington (US)
- Venue
- Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
- Publisher
- ACM
- Published
- 2011-05-07
- Pages
- 413-422
- OpenAlex
- W2136691781
- Cited by
- 314
- References
- 31
- Citations by year
- 2026: 9 · 2025: 13 · 2024: 16 · 2023: 18 · 2022: 10 · 2021: 21 · 2020: 15 · 2019: 18 · 2018: 26 · 2017: 32 · 2016: 29 · 2015: 31 · 2014: 23 · 2013: 27 · 2012: 22
- FWCI
- 45.03
- Type
- conference paper
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Science Foundation
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Tactile and Sensory Interactions
- Social Sciences › Human Factors and Ergonomics › Digital Accessibility for Disabilities
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Human-Computer Interaction › Interactive and Immersive Displays
- Keywords
- blind users, touch screen interface, touch gestures, accessibility, gesture elicitation, gesture performance, virtual keyboard, design guidelines, tablet computers, user study
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