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ArticleIEEE access : practical innovations, open solutions2025

MapIO: A Gestural and Conversational Interface for Tactile Maps.

Matteo Manzoni, Sergio Mascetti, Dragan Ahmetovic, Ryan Crabb, James M Coughlan

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Article in IEEE access : practical innovations, open solutions, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. An End-to-End Pipeline to Generate Augmented Tactile Maps from Floor Plans.Computers helping people with special needs : ... International Conference, ICCHP ... : proceedings. International Conference on Computers Helping People with Special Needs · 2027
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5 authors.

Matteo ManzoniDepartment of Computer Science, Università degli Studi di Milano, 2133 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0009-0002-1946-5919
Sergio MascettiDepartment of Computer Science, Università degli Studi di Milano, 2133 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8416-4023
Dragan AhmetovicDepartment of Computer Science, Università degli Studi di Milano, 2133 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5745-1230
Ryan CrabbThe Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute, San Francisco, CA 94115, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0667-1898
James M CoughlanThe Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute, San Francisco, CA 94115, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2775-4083

Funding

Point and Listen: Augmented Reality Interfaces for the Visually ImpairedR01EY025332 · NEI · SMITH-KETTLEWELL EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI COUGHLAN, JAMES M · 2016 to 2025
$3.6M
ACL HHS 90REGE0018NEI NIH HHS R01 EY025332
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

For individuals who are blind or have low vision, tactile maps provide essential spatial information but are limited in the amount of data they can convey. Digitally augmented tactile maps enhance these capabilities with audio feedback, thereby combining the tactile feedback provided by the map with an audio description of the touched elements. In this context, we explore an embodied interaction paradigm to augment tactile maps with conversational interaction based on Large Language Models, thus enabling users to obtain answers to arbitrary questions regarding the map. We analyze the types of questions the users are interested in asking, engineer the Large Language Model's prompt to provide reliable answers, and study the resulting system with a set of 10 participants, evaluating how the users interact with the system, its usability, and user experience.

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Assistive technologiesblind and low vision peopleconversational interfacedigitally augmented tactile mapstactile maps

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PMID40894470
PMCPMC12392394

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