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What Do Low-Vision Users Really Want from Smart Glasses? Faces, Text and Perhaps No Glasses at All

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Recent advances in low cost wearable computers opens up new possibilities for the development of innovative visual aids. A head-mounted display with cameras that capture views of the physical world, a wearable computer can process the image and present an augmented view to the user. Although, some research is reported into the development of such visual prosthetics the functionalities often appear ad-hoc. This study set out to identify what functionality visually impaired users need in various contexts to reduce barriers. Information was gathered via interviews of visually impaired individuals. The results show that recognizing faces and text is the most important functions while the idea of smart glasses where questioned.

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The author is grateful to associate professor Siri Kessel for valuable discussions.

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  1. Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Technology, Art and Design, Oalo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences, Oslo, Norway

    Frode Eika Sandnes

  2. Faculty of Technology, Westerdals Oslo School of Art, Communication and Technology, Oslo, Norway

    Frode Eika Sandnes

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  2. Rehabilitationswissenschaften, Technische Universität Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany

    Christian Bühler

  3. Masaryk University , Brno, Czech Republic

    Petr Penaz

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Sandnes, F.E. (2016). What Do Low-Vision Users Really Want from Smart Glasses? Faces, Text and Perhaps No Glasses at All. In: Miesenberger, K., Bühler, C., Penaz, P. (eds) Computers Helping People with Special Needs. ICCHP 2016. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 9758. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-41264-1_25

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