Haptic Kinematics of Two-Handed Braille Reading in Blind Adults

Plot of finger movement paths over a page of braille text

This page (currently under construction) accompanies a work-in-progress poster at the 2020 Eurohaptics meeting.


Zoom poster Q&A times:

• Wednesday September 9, 9-10 am CEST

• Wednesday September 9, 6-7 pm CEST

• By appointment! santani@ski.org (note: I am in California, GMT-7h, 9 hours behind Leiden)


Both times accessible with this link:

Topic: Eurohaptics Poster Meeting - 2-Handed Braille

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83634860884?pwd=bVc4bkRNTnplcUg0bUZVejk4OTdiU…

Meeting ID: 836 3486 0884

Passcode: 246805

 

 

PDF poster reprint available here.

 

We measured the movements of fingers while blind adults read standardized texts using either one or two hands. An example trajectory plot is shown here, showing left and right index fingers:

Video of an example trial: [[{"fid":"2874","view_mode":"media_original","fields":{"format":"media_original"},"link_text":"s1_trial_0_both.mp4","type":"media","field_deltas":{"2":{"format":"media_original"}},"attributes":{"style":"font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt;","class":"media-element file-media-original","data-delta":"2"}}]]