People who are print-disabled, who are blind, or who have other visual impairments are restricted in their ability to participate in public life because of lack of labels and signs in the environment. Currently, persons with severe visual impairments often require extensive assistance from strangers to travel in unfamiliar areas. Many other types of disabilities can prevent people from reading print. In addition to people who are blind or who have low vision, there are many head-injured, autistic, and dyslexic (or even just educationally impaired) people, along with persons who have had a stroke, who are not able to assimilate printed language even though they can see the page. Many people can accept the information through speech—that is, having print read aloud to them. Some human factors evaluations of a signage system specifically developed to aid people who have visual impairments or a print-reading disability gain information that is available to sighted people through print are described in this paper. This remote, infrared audible signage system—Talking Signs—is composed of a small infrared transmitter that emits a repeating voice message over a directional light beam to a handheld receiver carried by the blind pedestrian. The infrared system greatly reduces the need for travelers to remember distances, directions, and turns, thereby enhancing independence and efficiency in travel. Results show that remote infrared audible signage provides effective wayfinding information for using transit stations, surface transit, and intersections, thereby enhancing independent use of public transit by people who have visual impairments or cognitive disabilities.


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    Title :

    Wayfinding System for Transportation Services: Remote Infrared Audible Signage for Transit Stations, Surface Transit, and Intersections


    Additional title:

    Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board


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    Publication date :

    1999-01-01




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




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