TypeInBraille: a braille-based typing application for touchscreen devices
Abstract
Smartphones provide new exciting opportunities to visually impaired users because these devices can support new assistive technologies that cannot be deployed on desktops or laptops. Some devices, like the iPhone, are rapidly gaining popularity among the visually impaired since the use of pre-installed screenreader applications renders these devices accessible. However, there are still some operations that require a longer time or higher mental workload to be completed by a visually impaired user. In this contribution we present a novel application for text entry, called TypeInBraille, that is based on the Braille code and hence is specifically designed for blind users.
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TypeInBraille requires more actions to enter text compared to similar solutions.
“It is intended to be easy to learn, but it requires more actions to enter text compared to similar solutions.”
From Designing a text entry multimodal keypad for blind users of touchscreen mobile phones (2014) · cites this paper as [11]
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- Authors
- Mascetti, S., Bernareggi, C., & Belotti, M.
- Affiliations
- University of Milan (IT)
- Venue
- The proceedings of the 13th international ACM SIGACCESS conference on Computers and accessibility
- Publisher
- ACM
- Published
- 2011-10-24
- Pages
- 295-296
- OpenAlex
- W2083455456
- Cited by
- 68
- References
- 2
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 3 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 7 · 2018: 6 · 2017: 12 · 2016: 5 · 2015: 4 · 2014: 7 · 2013: 4 · 2012: 6
- FWCI
- 10.07
- Type
- conference paper
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS) (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
- Braille, text entry, visually impaired users, assistive technology, smartphones, screen readers, blind users, mental workload
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