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Development of a Wearable Vision Substitution Prototype for Blind and Visually Impaired That Assists in Everyday Conversatio

Authors:
Anna Kushnir
Nicholas H. Müller

Keywords: Non-verbal communication; Emotional valence; Visually impaired; Vision Substitution; Sensory Substitution Device

Abstract:
This paper introduces an idea of a Sensory Substitution Device (SSD), which supports everyday conversations by conveying to the user the emotional valence of its interlocutor. It describes the work in progress of a SSD prototype design that aims to remap visual stimuli into tactile information, by utilizing the Facial Action Coding System (FACS).

Pages: 153 to 156

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2020

Publication date: March 22, 2020

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4138

ISBN: 978-1-61208-761-0

Location: Valencia, Spain

Dates: from November 21, 2020 to November 25, 2020