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The First IEEE International Workshop on Digital Game and Intelligent Toy Enhanced Learning (DIGITEL'07)
A New Game Device Using Body-Braille for Visually Impaired People
Jhongli, Taiwan
March 26-March 28
ISBN: 0-7695-2801-5
Satoshi Ohtsuka, Gunma National College of Technology
Nobuyuki Sasaki, Tsukuba University of Technology
Sadao Hasegawa, Japan Braille Library
Tetsumi Harakawa, Maebashi Institute of Technology
During the last five years, we have been developing the Body-Braille system which uses 6 vibration motors corresponding to the units of Braille. Disabled people can wear this system and sense Braille characters by vibration patterns on any part of the body. We have performed several experiments in which disabled people could get needed support for daily life through Body-Braille. Since we are developing a new type of equipment, we chose to make one of its main applications a game. Our new equipment is so small that it is very easy to carry it anywhere, such as on a train. Disabled people can play a game using the equipment while traveling around. The software of the game application employs a table based structure so that anyone can create a new game application with very little programming work. As a result, we have successfully developed the software for game creation.
Citation:
Satoshi Ohtsuka, Nobuyuki Sasaki, Sadao Hasegawa, Tetsumi Harakawa, "A New Game Device Using Body-Braille for Visually Impaired People," digitel, pp.197-199, The First IEEE International Workshop on Digital Game and Intelligent Toy Enhanced Learning (DIGITEL'07), 2007
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