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Project Description:
Internet Resource:
Area(s) of Application:
Product Development
Relevant Player(s):
Manufacturer, Dealer, Enduser, University
Thematic Issue(s):
Methods / Strategies
Methods/Strategies:
Interviews, Discussion Groups
MoBIC: user needs and preliminary design for a mobility aid
for blind and elderly travellers
The European Context For Assistive Technology, Assistive Technology
Research Series
Author:
Thomas Strothotte, Helen Petrie, Valerie Johnson, Lars Reichert
Abstract:
The paper presents the initial research for the development
of a new travel aid to increase the independent mobility of
blind and elderly travellers. The MoBIC travel aid consists
of two interrelated components: the MoBIC Pre-Journey System
(MoPS) to assist users in planning journeys, and the MoBIC Outdoor
System (MoODS) to execute these plans by providing users with
orientation and navigation assistance during journeys. To understand
the needs of blind and elderly people in relation to the MoBIC
aid, a number of studies are being undertaken within the MoBIC
Project. Firstly, in-depth interviews have been conducted with
24 blind and partially sighted individuals concerning their
current travel habits, problems, their ideas on what information
the MoBIC travel aid could provide to them. Secondly, interviews
have been conducted with teachers of mobility training. Discussion
groups have also been held with blind and elderly (sighted)
people to elict more general information about their views on
the MoBIC aid. At least practical studies are being conducted
in which potential users are given mock-ups of aspects of the
travel aid for assessment.
Editor:
I. Placencia Porrero, R. Puig de la Bellacasa
Publisher:
IOS Press
,
Amsterdam
,
1995
ISBN / ISSN:
9051992203
Relevant Pages:
348-351
Name of Institution
Otto-von-Guericke University of Magdeburg, University of Hertfordshire,
Free University of Berlin
European Context:
2nd TIDE Congress, 26-28 April 1995, Paris
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