This paper is influenced by all web users that have a visual impairment disability and will focus on the implications of users with visual disabilities whilst using the web, specifically when concerned with using ecommerce websites. A significant amount of research will be conducted on the current usability guidelines and the problems that users with visual disabilities face whilst using the we...

A navigation system using a binaural bone-conducted sound is proposed. This has three features to accurately navigate the user destination point. First, selection of bone-conduction device and optimal contact conditions between human head are discussed. Second, basic performance localization reproduced by selected with sounds confirmed considering head-related transfer functions (HRTFs) obtaine...

OBJECTIVE To raise pharmacist awareness about the needs and concerns of our patients with visual impairment and to review useful strategies to foster medication adherence. SUMMARY As patient-centered pharmacists, we need to understand the challenges faced by our patients with low vision and tailor pharmaceutical care to best fit their needs. Evidence-based best practices in labeling and writt...

AIMS To develop and validate a short questionnaire to assess self-reported visual ability in children and young people with a visual impairment. METHODS A list of 121 items was generated from 13 focus groups with children and young people with and without a visual impairment. A long 89-item questionnaire was piloted with 45 visually impaired children and young people using face-to-face interv...

The findings arising from a case study on improving interaction design for teaching visually impaired students, in an inclusive learning environment, are presented. The original case study identified that a major problem for those with visual impairment when learning computer science (and probably any science or engineering discipline) is the need to draw and appreciate diagrams. The cognitive ...

RESEARCH ARTICLE Hardware and Software Co-Design of Arabic Alphabets Recognition Platform for Blind and Visually Impaired Persons Brahim Sabir, Yassine Khazri, Mohamed Moussetad and Bouzekri Touri LIMAT Lab, Physics Department, Faculty of Science Ben M'Sik Physics Casablanca, Casablanca, Morocco LAPSTICE Lab, Language and Communication Department, Faculty of Science Ben M'Sik Physics Casablanca...

Indices of behavioral competence (activities of daily living [ADLs], instrumental activities of daily living [IADLs], use of outdoor resources, leisure activity level) as well as emotional adaptation (subjective well-being, future orientation) were used to investigate the psychosocial consequences of age-related vision impairment in a threefold manner: (a) comparison of visually impaired and un...

Access to, and doing mathematics, is one of the biggest obstacles for blind students in school and at the university. Our special thematic session (STS) will present new approaches to offering blind students better access to mat, to provide new tools for doing math and offer support tools to math teachers to help them offer better instruction to blind students. In the remainder of this short pa...