Using Virtual Reality to Enable Individuals with Severe Visual Disabilities to Read Books

Kurtis Weir; Fernando Loizides; Vinita Nahar; Amar Aggoun

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-29390-1_62

Using Virtual Reality to Enable Individuals with Severe Visual Disabilities to Read Books

Kurtis Weir, Fernando Loizides, Vinita Nahar, Amar Aggoun

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Abstract

In this work, we present a bespoke assistive tool for people with severe visual disabilities. We are able to download text from books and present these books to our users in a virtual reality environment. This gives them specific capabilities to manipulate the text and factors such as brightness, size and contrast, in order for them to gain a comfortable reading experience.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Human-Computer Interaction. Recognition and Interaction Technologies
Place of Publication	Cham, Switzerland
Publisher	Springer
Chapter	62
Pages	680-684
Number of pages	4
Volume	11567
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-030-29390-1
ISBN (Print)	978-3-030-29389-5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-29390-1_62
Publication status	Published (VoR) - 19 Aug 2019

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Reading
Virtual Reality
Visual Disabilities

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Using Virtual Reality to Enable Individuals with Severe Visual Disabilities to Read Books. / Weir, Kurtis; Loizides, Fernando; Nahar, Vinita et al.
Human-Computer Interaction. Recognition and Interaction Technologies. Vol. 11567 Cham, Switzerland: Springer, 2019. p. 680-684.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

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