Study and Development of Computer Supported Communication System(CSCW) for the Visually Impaired

视障人士在交流图形信息方面有困难。对于他们来说，与远方的有视力的人合作是更加困难的。我们的目标是通过图像、声音和语音的交流网络，结合我们开发的非视觉界面，为远处的视障人士创造一个联合工作空间，以帮助进行交流。首先，我们开发了一种通过触觉和听觉对图形屏幕进行非视觉访问的方法，并将其应用于网络多用户棋牌游戏中。6结果，我们证实了在线实时触觉/听觉辅助可以支持视障人士交流图形信息，并与视力正常的人进行合作工作。

Visually impaired people have a difficulty in communication of graphical information. It is to be more difficult for them to work in cooperation with sighted people in the distance. Our aim was to create a joint workspace for the visually impaired in a distance via a communication network of image, sound, and voice in combination with non-visual interfaces to aid communication, which we have developed. To begin with, we developed a non-visual access method to graphical screen through tactile and auditory sense, and applied it into multi-user board/card game on network. 6 As a result, we confirmed that the online real-time tactile/auditory aid could support visually impaired people to communicate graphical information and to execute a cooperative work with a sighted person.