CRI: IAD: Comparative Evaluation of Assistive Technology Devices and Software for Visually Impaired Persons

提案#：CNS07-09472 Pi(S)：Manduchi，Roberto Institute：加州大学圣克鲁斯分校，CA 95064-4107标题：IAD：视障人士辅助技术设备和软件的比较评估该项目旨在获得适当的基础设施，为视障人士构建辅助技术应用程序。从技术角度和用户角度分析现有产品。设计辅助技术(AT)领域的新研究方向。通过分析，可以了解AT产品成功或不足的原因，并有助于形式化地确定辅助技术的应该做和不应该做的事情。依靠现有技术的经验，后者需要与视障用户进行讨论，这些用户应该在定义最有趣、最未探索和最相关的开发领域方面做出贡献。来自圣克鲁斯Vista盲人和视障人士中心的志愿者将测试这一基础设施。由于许多工具在一个工具往往不会超越原型阶段的领域取得的成功很少，而且报废率很高，因此这种基础设施能够从技术性能和可用性方面对现有技术进行评估。这项工作有助于就增加采用现有技术设备的可能性的各个方面得出结论。广泛影响：该项目可能有助于提高一部分人口的生活质量，可能会提高盲人和视障人士的独立性。此外，这项工作还为涉及视障人士的教育和外展活动创造了新的机会。

Proposal #: CNS 07-09472 PI(s): Manduchi, Roberto Institution: University of California- Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, CA 95064-4107 Title: IAD:Comparative Evaluation of Assistive Technology Devices & Software for Visually Impaired Persons This project, acquiring appropriate infrastructure for building assistive technology applications for visually impaired persons, aims at . Analyzing existing products from the technical side as well as from the user standpoint and . Devising new research directions in the Assistive Technology (AT) field.The analysis enables understanding the reasons for success or lack thereof of AT products and contributes in formalizing the do's and the don'ts of assistive technology. Relying on experience with existing technology, the latter requires discussions with visually impaired users who are expected to contribute in defining the most interesting, unexplored, and relevant areas for development. Volunteers from the Vista Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired in Santa Cruz will test the infrastructure. Since many tools have met with scarce success and high abandonment rate in an area where tools often do not go beyond the prototype phase, this infrastructure enables the evaluation of existing technologies in terms of technical performance and usability. The work facilitates drawing conclusions about the various aspects that increase the probability of adoption of an existing technology device.Broader Impact: With a potential to contribute to the quality of life of a segment of the population, this project might increase the independence of blind and visually impaired individuals. Furthermore, the work produces new opportunities for educational and outreach activities involving visually impaired individuals.