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An Adapted Wayfinding System for Pedestrians with Cognitive Disabilities

Year: 2015

Type: article

Abstract: This paper presents a novel wayfinding system adapted to people with cognitive disabilities. It adapts to the user in terms of route calculation, instructions delivery, and interface design. To do so, the system divides the calculated route into atomic instructions and uses street-level photographs at the decision points. To evaluate this approach, we compared it with a commercial navigation application on a field trial with a sample of users (N= 18). From the evaluation, we concluded that our system improves users’ performance in terms of the number who reached the destination and were able to identify it correctly.

Source: Mobile Information Systems

DOI: 10.1155/2015/520572

Authors: Javier Gomez, Germán Montoro, Juan Carlos Torrado, Adalberto Plaza

Institution: Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

Language: English

Topic: Digital Accessibility for Disabilities

Subfield: Human Factors and Ergonomics

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Sustainable cities and communities, Good health and well-being

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $2,550