TY - GEN
T1 - The today and tomorrow of Braille learning
AU - Guerreiro, J.
AU - Gonçalves, D.
AU - Marques, D.
AU - Guerreiro, T.
AU - Nicolau, H.
AU - Montague, K.
PY - 2013/11/18
Y1 - 2013/11/18
N2 - Despite the overwhelming emergence of accessible digital technologies, Braille still plays a role in providing blind people with access to content. Nevertheless, many fail to see the benefits of nurturing Braille, particularly given the time and effort required to achieve proficiency. Our research focuses on maximizing access and motivation to learn and use Braille. We present initial insights from 5 interviews with blind people, comprising of Braille instructors and students, where we characterize the learning process and usage of Braille. Based on our findings, we have identified a set of opportunities around Braille education. Moreover, we devised scenarios, and built hardware and software solutions to motivate discovery and retention of Braille literacy. Copyright is held by the author/owner(s).
AB - Despite the overwhelming emergence of accessible digital technologies, Braille still plays a role in providing blind people with access to content. Nevertheless, many fail to see the benefits of nurturing Braille, particularly given the time and effort required to achieve proficiency. Our research focuses on maximizing access and motivation to learn and use Braille. We present initial insights from 5 interviews with blind people, comprising of Braille instructors and students, where we characterize the learning process and usage of Braille. Based on our findings, we have identified a set of opportunities around Braille education. Moreover, we devised scenarios, and built hardware and software solutions to motivate discovery and retention of Braille literacy. Copyright is held by the author/owner(s).
KW - Blind people
KW - Braille
KW - Games
KW - Interactivity
KW - Learning
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84887463445
U2 - 10.1145/2513383.2513415
DO - 10.1145/2513383.2513415
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84887463445
SN - 9781450324052
T3 - Proceedings of the 15th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility, ASSETS 2013
BT - Proceedings of the 15th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility, ASSETS 2013
T2 - 15th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility, ASSETS 2013
Y2 - 21 October 2013 through 23 October 2013
ER -