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ArticleComputers helping people with special needs : ... International Conference, ICCHP ... : proceedings. International Conference on Computers Helping People with Special Needs2027

An End-to-End Pipeline to Generate Augmented Tactile Maps from Floor Plans.

Michelle Quach, James M Coughlan, Dragan Ahmetovic, Matteo Manzoni, Sergio Mascetti, Roberto Manduchi

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Article in Computers helping people with special needs : ... International Conference, ICCHP ... : proceedings. International Conference on Computers Helping People with Special Needs, 2027. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Michelle QuachDept. of Computer Science and Engineering, UC Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA.ORCID 0009-0008-8478-5189
James M CoughlanSmith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute, San Francisco, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2775-4083
Dragan AhmetovicDepartment of Computer Science, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5745-1230
Matteo ManzoniDepartment of Computer Science, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy.ORCID 0009-0002-1946-5919
Sergio MascettiDepartment of Computer Science, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8416-4023
Roberto ManduchiDept. of Computer Science and Engineering, UC Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA.ORCID 0009-0007-9999-6360

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
Maps as a service: A systematic approach to the production of tactile and audio/vibrational maps for visually impaired usersR01EY035433 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZ · PI NICHOLAS A GIUDICE, Roberto Manduchi · 2023 to 2026
$1.4M
ACL HHS 90REGE0018NEI NIH HHS R01 EY025332NEI NIH HHS R01 EY035433
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This paper presents an end-to-end pipeline for transforming indoor floor plans into accessible tactile maps enriched with audio annotations. The approach integrates SIM (Semantic Interior Mapology), which allows authors to trace floor plans and assign semantic labels to relevant spatial features (e.g., rooms, corridors, restrooms, and stairs), with CamIO, a camera-based web application that delivers spoken feedback when users point to interactive regions (hotspots) on a tactile graphic. A pilot study with two blind participants and a follow-up study with five additional participants showed that users could successfully complete room-finding and route-tracing tasks and appreciated the system's support for spatial understanding. Usability evaluation yielded a mean SUS score of 77, indicating good usability, while NASA-TLX results showed a relatively low perceived workload, supporting the effectiveness of the proposed solution. Results also highlighted areas for improvement, including lower latency and clearer interaction around doors and small hotspots.

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audio augmentationfloor plansindoor accessibilitytactile maps

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PMID42583171
PMCPMC13459984

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