Sidewalk, a wayfinding message syntax for people with a visual impairment

Joey van der Bie; Christina  Jaschinski; Somaya Ben Allouch

doi:10.1145/3308561.3354625

Sidewalk, a wayfinding message syntax for people with a visual impairment

Joey van der Bie, Christina Jaschinski, Somaya Ben Allouch

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Traditional turn-by-turn navigation approaches often do not provide sufficiently detailed information to help people with a visual impairment (PVI) to successfully navigate through an urban environment. To provide PVI with clear and supportive navigation information we created Sidewalk, a new wayfinding message syntax for mobile applications. Sidewalk proposes a consistent structure for detailed wayfinding instructions, short instructions and alerts. We tested Sidewalk with six PVI in the urban center of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Results show that our approach to wayfinding was positively valued by the participants.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	ASSETS '19
Subtitle of host publication	the 21st International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility
Editors	Jeffrey P. Bigham, Shiri Azenkot, Shaun K. Kane
Place of Publication	New York, NY, USA
Publisher	The Association for Computing Machinery
Pages	609-611
ISBN (Print)	9781450366762
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3308561.3354625
Publication status	Published - Oct 2019
Event	The 21st International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility - The Omni William Penn Hotel , Pittsburgh, United States Duration: 28 Oct 2019 → 30 Oct 2019 Conference number: 21 https://assets19.sigaccess.org

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Conference	The 21st International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility
Abbreviated title	ASSETS 2019
Country/Territory	United States
City	Pittsburgh
Period	28/10/19 → 30/10/19
Internet address	https://assets19.sigaccess.org

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van der Bie, J., Jaschinski, C., & Ben Allouch, S. (2019). Sidewalk, a wayfinding message syntax for people with a visual impairment. In J. P. Bigham, S. Azenkot, & S. K. Kane (Eds.), ASSETS '19: the 21st International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (pp. 609-611). The Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/3308561.3354625

van der Bie, Joey ; Jaschinski, Christina ; Ben Allouch, Somaya. / Sidewalk, a wayfinding message syntax for people with a visual impairment. ASSETS '19: the 21st International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility. editor / Jeffrey P. Bigham ; Shiri Azenkot ; Shaun K. Kane. New York, NY, USA : The Association for Computing Machinery, 2019. pp. 609-611

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van der Bie, J, Jaschinski, C & Ben Allouch, S 2019, Sidewalk, a wayfinding message syntax for people with a visual impairment. in JP Bigham, S Azenkot & SK Kane (eds), ASSETS '19: the 21st International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility. The Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, pp. 609-611, The 21st International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility, Pittsburgh, United States, 28/10/19. https://doi.org/10.1145/3308561.3354625

Sidewalk, a wayfinding message syntax for people with a visual impairment. / van der Bie, Joey; Jaschinski, Christina ; Ben Allouch, Somaya.
ASSETS '19: the 21st International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility. ed. / Jeffrey P. Bigham; Shiri Azenkot; Shaun K. Kane. New York, NY, USA: The Association for Computing Machinery, 2019. p. 609-611.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic › peer-review

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