HAPTIC TABLET FOR THE ACCESSIBILITY OF DIGITAL CONTENT TO THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED

Projektinformationen

ABILITY

ID Finanzhilfevereinbarung: 101070396

DOI

10.3030/101070396

Projekt abgeschlossen

EK-Unterschriftsdatum 23 Juni 2022

Startdatum 1 September 2022

Enddatum 28 Februar 2026

Finanziert unter

• Digital, Industry and Space

Gesamtkosten

€ 3 741 382,25

EU-Beitrag

€ 3 741 382,25

Koordiniert durch

COMMISSARIAT A L ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
France

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Leistungen

Data Management Plan (3)

Data management plan - first version

describes the data management strategy of the consortium during and after the project

Data management plan - update

update of the data management strategy of the consortium during and after the project.

Data management plan - final version

Final update of the data management strategy of the consortium during and after the project.

Documents, reports (8)

Project dissemination plan and report - final version

will describe the final dissemination strategy and the novel dissemination results.

Evaluation - first results

this report will describe the studies planned and the first studies conducted and preliminary results.

Project dissemination plan and report - update

will describe the updated dissemination strategy and the novel dissemination results.

Project dissemination plan and report - first version

will describe the global dissemination strategy and the dissemination results

Haptic tablet user requirements and recommendations - final version

this report describes the evolution of the user requirements and the final recommendations, including refined recommendations on device layout, interactions and feedback.

Haptic tablet user requirements and recommendations - first version

this report will describe the first versions of the evolving user requirements, including recommendations on device layout, interactions and feedback.

Evaluation - final results

this report will describe the various studies conducted and the guidelines for improvements.It is the final version of the corresponding living document (D2.3).

Initial user requirements

the report will describe a firstversion of the user requirements

Demonstrators, pilots, prototypes (6)

Prototype of the novel actuation

prototype demonstrating the novel Braille pins actuation system.

Functional tablet with software

demonstrator of a fully functional haptic tablet working under Windows.

A functional haptic tablet hardware

prototype demonstrator integrating the various hardware components for the first approach, i.e. with localised feedback integrated with the engraved glass, with additional supports (e.g. photos, videos) illustrating the progress on the novel actuator for the Braille display

Novel multimodal interactions - final version and demonstrator

demonstrator exhibiting the novel interactions leveraging the novel tablet capabilities.

A functional Braille tablet hardware

prototype demonstrator integrating the various hardware components for the second approach, i.e. with the novel Braille actuation system.

AI-based Functionalities

demonstrator showcasing the AI-based functionalities such as image translation and predictive writing.

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (1)

Website & other dissemination materials

will present the website of the project as well as other dissemination materials

Other (1)

Open source API

API available open source to enable to extend the tablet with novel third-party applications leveraging the novel haptic capabilities.

Veröffentlichungen

Conference proceedings (6)

Reducing the Number of Actuators in Braille Displays with Time Reversal Focusing

Autoren: Madoux Esteban, Hudin Charles
Veröffentlicht in: 2025 IEEE World Haptics Conference (WHC), 2025
Herausgeber: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/WHC64065.2025.11123228

Augmenting Imagery with Multimodal Vibrotactile Representations: Touch, Feel, and Hear

Autoren: Mazen Salous, Matthias Kramer, Wilko Heuten, Charles Hudin, Susanne Boll, Larbi Abdenebaoui
Veröffentlicht in: Proceedings of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2026
Herausgeber: ACM
DOI: 10.1145/3772318.3791493

Feel the Wave: Using Waveguides as a Tactile Communication Interface for Deafblind People

Autoren: Lucie Pantera, Thomas Hebert, Ayoub Ben Dhiab, Charles Hudin, Sabrina Panëels
Veröffentlicht in: Proceedings of the 40th ACM/SIGAPP Symposium on Applied Computing, 2025
Herausgeber: ACM
DOI: 10.1145/3672608.3707871

Bar Charts for the Blind with Multitouch Surface Haptics

Autoren: Sabrina Panëels, Lucie Pantera, Ayoub Ben Dhiab, Charles Hudin
Veröffentlicht in: Eurohaptics, 2026
Herausgeber: Springer

Design of Tactile Graphics and Audio Feedback for Refreshable Tactile Displays

Autoren: Taqwa Saeed, Charlotte Magnusson, Kirsten Rassmus-Gröhn, Vilmantas Balčikonis, Charles Hudin, Sabrina Panëels
Veröffentlicht in: Eurohaptics, 2026
Herausgeber: Springer

Fabrication and Electromechanical Characterization of Piezoelectric Patches for OLED-Based Haptic Interfaces

Autoren: Théotime Goubault, Fabrice Casset, Charles Hudin, Ayoub Ben Dhiab, Lucie Pantera, Sabrina Panëels, Gwenaël Le Rhun, Mikael Colin
Veröffentlicht in: 2025 26th International Conference on Thermal, Mechanical and Multi-Physics Simulation and Experiments in Microelectronics and Microsystems (EuroSimE), 2025
Herausgeber: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/EUROSIME65125.2025.11006536

Book chapters (3)

Enhancing Image Accessibility in Educational Contexts for Blind and Visually Impaired Learners Through Integrated Computer Vision Techniques

Autoren: Mazen Salous, John-Uwe Riecken, Wilko Heuten, Larbi Abdenaboui
Veröffentlicht in: Technology for Inclusion and Participation for All: Recent Achievements and Future Directions, 2026
Herausgeber: Springer Nature Switzerland
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-032-01632-4_25

Developing and Pilot Testing a Hybrid Prototype for Audio-Tactile Graphics

Autoren: Kirsten Rassmus-Gröhn, Taqwa Saeed, Charlotte Magnusson, Ginger Claassen, Linda Mathé, Tobias Schulze-Velmede
Veröffentlicht in: Technology for Inclusion and Participation for All: Recent Achievements and Future Directions, 2025
Herausgeber: Springer Nature Switzerland
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-032-01628-7_53

Early Design Stages of a Refreshable Pin Display: User Involvement and Design Recommendations

Autoren: Taqwa Saeed, Charlotte Magnusson, Kirsten Rassmus-Gröhn, Sabrina Panëels, Linda Mathé, Theresa Zimmerman, Amélie Galcera, Ginger Claassen, Vilmantas Balčikonis, Lucie Pantera
Veröffentlicht in: Signals and Communication Technology, Mobility of Visually Impaired People, 2026
Herausgeber: Springer Nature Switzerland
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-91550-5_19

Other (4)

Haptic Tablet for Digital Graphics Accessibility

Autoren: S. Panëels, L. Pantera, C. Hudin, A. Ben Dhiab, F. Casset, T. Goubault
Veröffentlicht in: 18th International Conference, AAATE 2025, 2025
Herausgeber: Springer

Co-designing and prototyping a novel tactile display for images and Braille

Autoren: Taqua Saeed, Charlotte Magnusson, Kirsten Rassmus-Gröhn
Veröffentlicht in: Tactile Reading Conference
Herausgeber: None (Oral presentation)

Actionnement par Retournement Temporel de Mécanismes Bistables : Application à l'Affichage Braille Dynamique

Autoren: Esteban Madoux , Charles Hudin
Veröffentlicht in: CFA 2025 - 17e Congrès Français d'Acoustique, Société Française d'Acoustique, 2025
Herausgeber: None (Oral presentation)

Towards AI-based Accessible Digital Media: Image Analysis Pipelines and Blind User Studies

Autoren: Salous, Mazen and Lange, Daniel and Von Reeken, Timo and Heuten, Wilko and Boll, Susanne and Abdenebaoui, Larbi
Veröffentlicht in: 2023 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC), 2023
Herausgeber: IEEE

Peer reviewed articles (1)

Semi-Automatic BVI Human-Centered Image Conversational Descriptions: Leveraging LLMs and Expert Refinements for Inclusive Visual Accessibility

Autoren: Mazen Salous, Daniel Lange, Timo von Reeken, Maria K. Wolters, Wilko Heuten, Susanne Boll, Larbi Abdenebaoui
Veröffentlicht in: IEEE Access, Ausgabe 13, 2025, ISSN 2169-3536
Herausgeber: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2025.3605490