Assistive Technology for Visually Impaired and Blind People

1. Disability and Assistive Technology Systems
Marion A. Hersh, Michael A. Johnson

2. Perception, the Eye and Assistive Technology Issues
Marion A. Hersh

3. Sight Measurement
David Keating, Stuart Parks

4. Haptics as a Substitute for Vision
Gunnar Jansson

5. Mobility: An Overview
Marion A. Hersh, Michael A. Johnson

6. Mobility AT: The Batcane (UltraCane)
Brian Hoyle, Dean Waters

7. Navigation AT: Context-aware Computing
Nicholas Bradley, Mark Dunlop

8. Accessible Global Positioning System (GPS) and Related Orientation Technologies
Michael May, Charles LaPierre

9. Electronic Travel Aids: An Assessment
Elizabeth M. Ball

10. Accessible Environments
Marion A. Hersh, Michael A. Johnson

11. Accessible Bus System: A Bluetooth Application
Jerry Tai Fook Lim, Goh Han Leong, Tan Kok Kiong

12. Accessible Information: An Overview
Marion A. Hersh, Michael A. Johnson

13. Screen Readers and Screen Magnifiers
Gareth Evans, Paul Blenkhorn

14. Speech, Text and Braille Conversion Technology
Rüdiger Hoffmann

15. Accessing Books and Documents
James Fruchterman

16. Designing Accessible Music Software for Print Impaired People
David Crombie, Roger Lenoir

17. Assistive Technology for Daily Living
Marion A. Hersh, Michael A. Johnson

18. Assistive Technology for Education, Employment and Recreation
Marion A. Hersh, Michael A. Johnson

Keywords: Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Communications Engineering, Networks, Electronics and Microelectronics, Instrumentation, Engineering Design