Tangible Active Objects and Interactive Sonification as a Scatter Plot Alternative for the Visually Impaired
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In this paper we present an approach that enables visually impaired people to explore multivariate data through scatter plots. Our approach combines Tangible Active Objects (TAOs) [1] and Interactive Sonification [2] into a non-visual multi-modal data exploration interface and thereby translates the visual experience of scatter plots into the audio-haptic domain. Our system and the developed sonification techniques are explained in this paper and a first user study is presented.
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