SwingBoard: introducing swipe based virtual keyboard for visually impaired and blind users

CONCLUSION: Almost all users found SwingBoard effective, easy to learn and want to keep using it. SwingBoard is a handy virtual keyboard for visually impaired people with amazing typing speed and accuracy.IMPLICATIONS FOR REHABILITATIONRehabilitation would be easier for a visually impaired/disabled person who can adapt the current technology-oriented world and use communication tools easily.As visually impaired and blind people faced a lot of problems in their regular life because of their inability to see things, coping with the evolving world's demands from a person to do a certain task using smart devices would be easier for them with the proposed virtual keyboard topology.As the number of visually impaired and blind users of smartphones rises, faster typing becomes a vital aspect of the smartphone experience.Deaf-blind communities are expanding but solutions for them are not increasing at the same pace because of the limitation of implication. Research on a virtual keyboard with the proposed eyes-free swipe-based typing operation and ears-free reliability on haptic feedback would enable others to create new solutions.PMID:37098085 | DOI:10.1080/17483107.2023.2199793
Source: Disability and Rehabilitation. Assistive Technology. - Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Source Type: research