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

视障人士在图形信息的交流上有困难。对他们来说，与远处有视力的人合作工作会更加困难。我们的目标是通过图像、声音和声音的交流网络，结合非视觉界面，为远距离的视障人士创造一个共同的工作空间，以帮助我们开发的交流。首先，我们通过触觉和听觉开发了一种非视觉访问图形屏幕的方法，并将其应用于网络上的多用户棋盘/纸牌游戏中。结果，我们确认了在线实时触觉/听觉辅助设备可以帮助视障人士进行图形信息交流，并与视力正常的人进行合作。

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.