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Tactile Band: Accessing Gaze Signals from the Sighted in Face-to-Face Communication

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Shi Qiu,

Matthias Rauterberg,

Jun HuAuthors Info & Claims

TEI '16: Proceedings of the TEI '16: Tenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction

Pages 556 - 562

https://doi.org/10.1145/2839462.2856520

Published: 14 February 2016 Publication History

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Gaze signals, frequently used by the sighted in social interactions as visual cues, are hardly accessible for low-vision and blind people. A concept is proposed to help the blind people access and react to gaze signals in face-to-face communication. 20 blind and low-vision participants were interviewed to discuss the features of this concept. One feature of the concept is further developed into a prototype, namely Tactile Band, to aim at testing the hypothesis that tactile feedback can enable the blind person to feel attention (gaze signals) from the sighted, enhancing the level of engagement in face-to-face communication. We tested our hypothesis with 30 participants with a face-to-face conversation scenario, in which the blindfolded and the sighted participants talked about a given daily topic. Comments from the participants and the reflection on the experiment provided useful insights for improvements and further research.

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TEI '16: Proceedings of the TEI '16: Tenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction

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DOI:10.1145/2839462

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Qiu SHu JHan TRauterberg M(2023)Can blindfolded users replace blind ones in product testing? an empirical studyBehaviour & Information Technology10.1080/0144929X.2023.222676843:8(1664-1682)Online publication date: 6-Jul-2023
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