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

Informations projet

ABILITY

N° de convention de subvention: 101070396

DOI

10.3030/101070396

Projet clôturé

Date de signature de la CE 23 Juin 2022

Date de début 1 Septembre 2022

Date de fin 28 Février 2026

Financé au titre de

• Digital, Industry and Space

Coût total

€ 3 741 382,25

Contribution de l’UE

€ 3 741 382,25

Coordonné par

COMMISSARIAT A L ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
France

CORDIS fournit des liens vers les livrables publics et les publications des projets HORIZON.

Les liens vers les livrables et les publications des projets du 7e PC, ainsi que les liens vers certains types de résultats spécifiques tels que les jeux de données et les logiciels, sont récupérés dynamiquement sur OpenAIRE .

Livrables

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.

Publications

Conference proceedings (6)

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

Auteurs: Madoux Esteban, Hudin Charles
Publié dans: 2025 IEEE World Haptics Conference (WHC), 2025
Éditeur: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/WHC64065.2025.11123228

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

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

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

Auteurs: Lucie Pantera, Thomas Hebert, Ayoub Ben Dhiab, Charles Hudin, Sabrina Panëels
Publié dans: Proceedings of the 40th ACM/SIGAPP Symposium on Applied Computing, 2025
Éditeur: ACM
DOI: 10.1145/3672608.3707871

Bar Charts for the Blind with Multitouch Surface Haptics

Auteurs: Sabrina Panëels, Lucie Pantera, Ayoub Ben Dhiab, Charles Hudin
Publié dans: Eurohaptics, 2026
Éditeur: Springer

Design of Tactile Graphics and Audio Feedback for Refreshable Tactile Displays

Auteurs: Taqwa Saeed, Charlotte Magnusson, Kirsten Rassmus-Gröhn, Vilmantas Balčikonis, Charles Hudin, Sabrina Panëels
Publié dans: Eurohaptics, 2026
Éditeur: Springer

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

Auteurs: Théotime Goubault, Fabrice Casset, Charles Hudin, Ayoub Ben Dhiab, Lucie Pantera, Sabrina Panëels, Gwenaël Le Rhun, Mikael Colin
Publié dans: 2025 26th International Conference on Thermal, Mechanical and Multi-Physics Simulation and Experiments in Microelectronics and Microsystems (EuroSimE), 2025
Éditeur: 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

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

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

Auteurs: Kirsten Rassmus-Gröhn, Taqwa Saeed, Charlotte Magnusson, Ginger Claassen, Linda Mathé, Tobias Schulze-Velmede
Publié dans: Technology for Inclusion and Participation for All: Recent Achievements and Future Directions, 2025
Éditeur: 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

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

Other (4)

Haptic Tablet for Digital Graphics Accessibility

Auteurs: S. Panëels, L. Pantera, C. Hudin, A. Ben Dhiab, F. Casset, T. Goubault
Publié dans: 18th International Conference, AAATE 2025, 2025
Éditeur: Springer

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

Auteurs: Taqua Saeed, Charlotte Magnusson, Kirsten Rassmus-Gröhn
Publié dans: Tactile Reading Conference
Éditeur: None (Oral presentation)

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

Auteurs: Esteban Madoux , Charles Hudin
Publié dans: CFA 2025 - 17e Congrès Français d'Acoustique, Société Française d'Acoustique, 2025
Éditeur: None (Oral presentation)

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

Auteurs: Salous, Mazen and Lange, Daniel and Von Reeken, Timo and Heuten, Wilko and Boll, Susanne and Abdenebaoui, Larbi
Publié dans: 2023 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC), 2023
Éditeur: IEEE

Peer reviewed articles (1)

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

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