Meeting Topic: Orientation assistance for the blind - auralization simulation
Moderator Name: Piotr Majdak
Speaker Name: Sandra Böhm, TU-Berlin und Human-Factors GmbH
Meeting Location: Acoustics Research Institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences, coustics Research Institute, Wohllebengasse 12-14, 1040 Vienna, Austria
The objective of the project OIWOB (Orient, inform, warn. Orientation assistance for the blind.) is to develop a prototype assistance system that supports blind people in their orientation and therefore saves their mobility and improves their quality of life. The goal is to research a system that gives blind people a 3-dimensional impression of the geometry of the environment around via auralization in form of natural reflection sounds. The presentation discussed the specially developed auralization simulator and various problems with visually impaired and sighted test persons.
More information to find http://www.human-factors-consult.de/en/projects/102-oiwob.html
Written By: Nadja Wallaszkovits
