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Autonomous Selection and Printing of 3D Models for People Who Are Blind
- Source :
- ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing. 11:1-25
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2018.
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Abstract
- 3D models are an important means for understanding spatial contexts. Today these models can be materialized by 3D printing, which is increasingly used at schools for people with visual impairments. In contrast to sighted people, people with visual impairments have so far, however, neither been able to search nor to print 3D models without assistance. This article describes our work to develop an aid for people with visual impairments that would facilitate autonomous searching for and printing of 3D models. In our initial study, we determined the requirements to accomplish this task by means of a questionnaire and developed a first approach that allowed personal computer-based 3D printing. An extended approach allowed searching and printing using common smartphones. In our architecture, technical details of 3D printers are abstracted by a separate component that can be accessed via Wi-Fi independently of the actual 3D printer used. It comprises a search of the models in an annotated database and 3D model retrieval from the internet. The whole process can be controlled by voice interaction. The feasibility of autonomous 3D printing for people with visual impairments is shown with a first user study. Our second user study examines the usability of the user interface when searching for 3D models on the internet and preparing them for the materialization. The participants were able to define important printing settings, whereas other printing parameters could be determined algorithmically.
- Subjects :
- Process (engineering)
business.industry
Computer science
05 social sciences
020207 software engineering
Usability
02 engineering and technology
Computer Science Applications
Task (project management)
Human-Computer Interaction
Print server
Human–computer interaction
Personal computer
0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
0501 psychology and cognitive sciences
The Internet
Graphics
User interface
business
050107 human factors
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 19367236 and 19367228
- Volume :
- 11
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....b1d339ea6718290a0bd14124062495af