[Paper] Touchscreen Text Entry Methods Used by Blind and Low Vision Users Analysis of ICT User Survey 2017
A survey was conducted on the use of ICT devices by blind and visually impaired people. Of the 303 respondents, 180 (59.4%) used feature phones (keitai), 161 (53.1%) used smartphones, 64 (21.1%) used tablets, and 285 (94.1%) used personal computers. The usage rate of smartphones doubled, and that of...
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| Published in | ITE TRANSACTIONS ON MEDIA TECHNOLOGY AND APPLICATIONS Vol. 7; no. 3; pp. 134 - 141 |
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| Abstract | A survey was conducted on the use of ICT devices by blind and visually impaired people. Of the 303 respondents, 180 (59.4%) used feature phones (keitai), 161 (53.1%) used smartphones, 64 (21.1%) used tablets, and 285 (94.1%) used personal computers. The usage rate of smartphones doubled, and that of feature phones decreased by about 20%. The higher the age was, the higher the usage rate of feature phones and the lower that of smartphones became. The text entry methods on touchscreens with a screen reader varied greatly between blind and low vision people and between smartphones and tablets. Vision aid apps such as for GPS navigation and object recognition were used by more than half of the blind smartphone users. |
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| AbstractList | A survey was conducted on the use of ICT devices by blind and visually impaired people. Of the 303 respondents, 180 (59.4%) used feature phones (keitai), 161 (53.1%) used smartphones, 64 (21.1%) used tablets, and 285 (94.1%) used personal computers. The usage rate of smartphones doubled, and that of feature phones decreased by about 20%. The higher the age was, the higher the usage rate of feature phones and the lower that of smartphones became. The text entry methods on touchscreens with a screen reader varied greatly between blind and low vision people and between smartphones and tablets. Vision aid apps such as for GPS navigation and object recognition were used by more than half of the blind smartphone users. |
| Author | Watanabe, Tetsuya Kaga, Hirotsugu Kobayashi, Makoto Minatani, Kazunori |
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