GUI Object Search method Using a Tactile Display

摘要

As a means for the visually impaired to operate graphical user interface (GUI) applications, screen-reader software that combines keypad operation and a speech synthesizer is emerging. When keypad operation is used, however, the search for GUI objects requires more time compared to mouse operation. In other words, the differ- ence between the sighted and the visually impaired in information access has gradually been enhanced with the advent of GUI, and it is desired to develop a system by which the visually impaired can operate GUIs comfortably.