Automated Visual to Tactile Graphics Conversion
Although presenting graphical information in terms of tactile diagrams is one alternative that has been proven useful, creating these diagrams remains a complex art that usually requires participation of a trained human. This is because to be effective tactile diagrams must be simplified; otherwise, they may be impossible to understand. Automating this process will have advantages in terms of cost, in terms of providing diagrams in a timely fashion (or even providing them at all), and in terms of independence for the intended users.
Recently completed project:
Automatic Simplification Methods: Conversion from Visual to Tactile Presentation for Diagrams and Photographs (T. Ferro)
Dissertation: Download
Papers, Abstracts and Posters:
Segmentation and Simplification of Images for Tactile Diagrams Ferro, T.and Pawluk, D. (2018) IEEE EMBC 2018, Honolulu, Hawaii.
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