Back to Search
Start Over
A qualitative study on the needs of visually impaired users in Brazil for smart home interactive technologies.
- Source :
- Behaviour & Information Technology; Aug2023, Vol. 42 Issue 10, p1496-1524, 29p, 1 Diagram, 4 Graphs
- Publication Year :
- 2023
-
Abstract
- Assistive technologies have allowed people with disabilities to perform daily tasks with greater independence and autonomy, especially for visually impaired people. Using smart home solutions allows these users to control their homes with less cognitive and physical demand. However, making such applications accessible to meet the needs of visually impaired users, especially in developing countries, remains a challenge. This paper investigates the perceptions of these users about home automation technologies through semi-structured interviews. A total of 20 visually impaired people participated in the interviews. A thematic analysis revealed results concerning the following themes: (1) how people go about their lives at home and around, how people interact with current appliances, objects and environments, (3) how people perceive their attitude to technologies, (4) the Brazilian context of smart homes, (5) what people think smart homes should do and (6) envisaging ways of interacting with smart home systems. The results obtained provide significant insight into the needs of visually-impaired people in Brazil, with analysis of issues that are common with previous studies in more developed countries and specific issues that have important particularities and implications in Brazil and other developing countries. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- HOME environment
STATISTICS
ATTITUDES toward computers
RESEARCH methodology
ATTITUDE (Psychology)
USER interfaces
CONSUMER attitudes
HABIT
INTERVIEWING
ACTIVITIES of daily living
QUALITATIVE research
LIFE
SOFTWARE architecture
PRODUCT design
AUTOMATION
ASSISTIVE technology
RESEARCH funding
ACCESSIBLE design
QUESTIONNAIRES
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
VISION disorders
PEOPLE with disabilities
NEEDS assessment
THEMATIC analysis
STATISTICAL sampling
DATA analysis software
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0144929X
- Volume :
- 42
- Issue :
- 10
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Behaviour & Information Technology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 164943404
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/0144929X.2022.2084455