Enabling the Blind to See Gestures

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dc.contributor.authorOliveira, Francisco Carlos De Mattos Britoen
dc.contributor.committeechairQuek, Francis K. H.en
dc.contributor.committeememberHarrison, Steven R.en
dc.contributor.committeememberTatar, Deborah Gailen
dc.contributor.committeememberGracanin, Denisen
dc.contributor.committeememberSmith-Jackson, Tonya L.en
dc.contributor.departmentComputer Scienceen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:14:42Zen
dc.date.adate2010-09-02en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:14:42Zen
dc.date.issued2010-08-02en
dc.date.rdate2010-09-02en
dc.date.sdate2010-08-03en
dc.description.abstractMathematics instruction and discourse typically involve two modes of communication: speech and graphical presentation. For the communication to remain situated, dynamic synchrony must be maintained between the speech and dynamic focus in the graphics. Sighted students use vision for two purposes: access to graphical material and awareness of embodied behavior. This embodiment awareness keeps communication situated with visual material and speech. Our goal is to assist students who are blind or visually impaired (SBVI) in the access to such instruction/communication. We employ the typical approach of sensory replacement for the missing visual sense. Haptic fingertip reading can replace visual material. We want to make the SBVI aware of the deictic gestures performed by the teacher over the graphic in conjunction with speech. We employ a haptic glove interface to facilitate this embodiment awareness. In this research, we address issues from the conception through the design, implementation, evaluation to the effective and successful use of our Haptic Deictic System (HDS) in inclusive classrooms.en
dc.description.degreePh. D.en
dc.identifier.otheretd-08032010-124352en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-08032010-124352/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/28508en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartoliveira_dissertation_final_version_08262010.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectHapticsen
dc.subjectMulti modalen
dc.subjectBlinden
dc.subjectEmbodied Interactionen
dc.subjectAssistive technologyen
dc.titleEnabling the Blind to See Gesturesen
dc.typeDissertationen
thesis.degree.disciplineComputer Scienceen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.leveldoctoralen
thesis.degree.namePh. D.en

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