Tianyi Wang* Author Affiliations Ritsumeikan Global Innovation Research Organization, University, Japan Received: February 17, 2022 | Published: 28, Corresponding author: Wang, 1-1-1 Noji-higashi, Kusatsu, Shiga, DOI: 10.26717/BJSTR.2022.42.006720

Nowadays technology has been used for numerous purposes and it is still possible to find applications and solutions not explored before that could bring benefits to part of the population that has not received attention from many researches yet. This paper aims to present the main needs of deaf-blind people, their demands and a proposal of a mobile solution to facilitate and expand interpersona...

Finger Braille is one of the tactual communication media of deafblind people. In one-handed Finger Braille, a sender dots the left part of the Braille code on the Distal Interphalangeal (DIP) joints of the index, middle and ring fingers of a receiver, and subsequently dots the right part of the Braille code on the Proximal Interphalangeal (PIP) joints of the same fingers. Because there is a sma...

objectives: conducting field tests of a vibrotactile aid for deaf/deafblind persons for detection, identification and directional perception of environmental sounds. methods: five deaf (3f/2m, 22–36 years) individuals tested the aid separately in a home environment (kitchen) and in a traffic environment. their eyes were blindfolded and they wore a headband and holding a vibrator for sound ident...