microsoft’s 3d soundscape technology hcc 741 assistive technology and accessibility fall 2014...
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MicroSoft’s3D Soundscape TechnologyHCC 741 ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY AND ACCESSIBILITY
FALL 2014
HYE-KYUNG BAE
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If you lost your sight…
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3D Soundscape Technology
“An audio-rich experience… beacons all work together to enhance the mobility, confidence and independence of people with vision loss.”
Aim “to make cities more accessible for people with sight loss”
• Around 250 million people in the world have visual impairment.
• 65% of them are unemployed.• People with visually impairment are too anxious to leave
home alone• “An audio-rich experience… to enhance the mobility,
confidence and independence of people with vision loss.”
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Who are involved?
And other a number of other partners including Network Rail, Reading Buses, the Reading Borough Council, the grocer Tesco, and neighbors on Tamarisk Avenue in UK.
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What do you need?
Microshft’s Bone Conductive Headset Smart Phone
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How it works?
- WiFi or Bluetooth signals to the device, including GPS navigation
- Your phone will adjust a one-handed navigation
- Bone-conductive headset will transmit the sounds and verbal navigation cues through your bone to directly to your inner ear
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How it works?
• Independence Day: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEzncMLLOxE
• Cities Unlocked: Lighting up the world through sound: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOgrSvnmhrY#t=284
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ReferencesIndependence Day: http://news.microsoft.com/stories/independence-day/
Microsoft’s bone-conducting headset uses audio to help guide the blind around town: https://futurecities.catapult.org.uk/news-template/-/asset_publisher/Qw0bKmomFN4q/content/unlocking-cities-through-sound/?redirect=%2F
Microsoft’s 3D soundscape technology aims to make navigation easier for the visually impaired: http://www.winbeta.org/news/microsofts-3d-soundscape-technology-aims-make-navigation-easier-visually-impaired
Headset creates “3D soundscape” to help blind people navigate cities: http://www.dezeen.com/2014/11/06/future-cities-catapult-microsoft-guide-dogs-3d-headset-soundscape-to-help-blind-people/
Future Cities: https://futurecities.catapult.org.uk/news-template/-/asset_publisher/Qw0bKmomFN4q/content/unlocking-cities-through-sound/?redirect=%2F
Cities Unlocked: https://futurecities.catapult.org.uk/news-template/-/asset_publisher/Qw0bKmomFN4q/content/unlocking-cities-through-sound/?redirect=%2F
Videos
Independence Day: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEzncMLLOxE
Cities Unlocked: Lighting up the world through sound: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOgrSvnmhrY#t=284