3D Talking Maps Provide Independence for the Blind
From: Medical Design Technology - 11/19/2014

In partnership with Touch Graphics Inc., developers at the University at
Buffalo’s Center for Inclusive Design and Environmental Access (IDeA Center)
have built and tested a new kind of interactive wayfinder: 3-D maps that
vocalize building information and directions when touched.

The technology is designed with an important mission in mind: to help
visually impaired visitors navigate public spaces like museums and college
campuses.

Read the entire article at:
http://www.mdtmag.com/news/2014/11/3d-talking-maps-provide-independence-blind

Links:
IDeA Center
http://idea.ap.buffalo.edu/

Touch-responsive 3-D maps provide independence to the visually impaired
http://phys.org/news/2014-11-touch-responsive-independence-visually-impaired.html

A 3D, Talking Map for the Blind Provides Further Independence
http://www.pddnet.com/news/2014/11/3d-talking-map-blind-provides-further-independence

Related:
Virtual games help the blind navigate unknown territory
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-virtual-games-unknown-territory.html

Feeling the way: Robotic device can help visually impaired people
http://phys.org/news178219684.html

Virtual Reality (VR) aids for the Blind: The BlindAid System
http://web.mit.edu/people/siddarth/Blind.htm

Walk through buildings from your own device
http://phys.org/news/2014-10-device.html