Social Haptic Communication mimicked with vibrotactile patterns: an evaluation by users with deafblindness

Myrthe A. Plaisier; Astrid M.L. Kappers

doi:10.1145/3441852.3476528

Social Haptic Communication mimicked with vibrotactile patterns: an evaluation by users with deafblindness

Myrthe A. Plaisier, Astrid M.L. Kappers

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Abstract

Many devices, such as smart phones, implement vibration motors for tactile feedback. When multiple vibration motors are placed on, for instance, the backrest of a chair it is possible to trace shapes on the back of a person by sequentially switching motors on and off. Social Haptic Communication (SHC) is a tactile mode of communication for persons with deafblindness that makes use of tracing shapes or other types of spatiotemporal patterns with the hand on the back of another person. This could be emulated using vibrotactile patterns. Here we investigated whether SHC users with deafblindness would recognize the vibrotactile patterns as SHC signs (Haptices). In several cases the participants immediately linked a vibrotactile patterns to the Haptice that is was meant to imitate. Together with the participants we improved and expanded the set of vibrotactile patterns.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	ASSETS '21: The 23rd International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility
Editors	Jonathan Lazar, Jinjuan Heidi Feng, Faustina Hwang
Place of Publication	New York
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery, Inc
Pages	1-3
Number of pages	3
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-4503-8306-6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3441852.3476528
Publication status	Published - 17 Oct 2021
Event	23rd International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility, ASSETS 2021 - Virtual, United States Duration: 18 Oct 2021 → 22 Oct 2021 Conference number: 23 https://assets21.sigaccess.org

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Conference	23rd International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility, ASSETS 2021
Abbreviated title	ASSETS '21
Country/Territory	United States
Period	18/10/21 → 22/10/21
Internet address	https://assets21.sigaccess.org

Keywords

Social Haptic Communication (SHC)
co-design
users with deafblindness
vibratory patterns

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Plaisier, M. A., & Kappers, A. M. L. (2021). Social Haptic Communication mimicked with vibrotactile patterns: an evaluation by users with deafblindness. In J. Lazar, J. H. Feng, & F. Hwang (Eds.), ASSETS '21: The 23rd International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (pp. 1-3). Article 88 Association for Computing Machinery, Inc. https://doi.org/10.1145/3441852.3476528

Plaisier, Myrthe A. ; Kappers, Astrid M.L. / Social Haptic Communication mimicked with vibrotactile patterns : an evaluation by users with deafblindness. ASSETS '21: The 23rd International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility. editor / Jonathan Lazar ; Jinjuan Heidi Feng ; Faustina Hwang. New York : Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, 2021. pp. 1-3

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Plaisier, MA & Kappers, AML 2021, Social Haptic Communication mimicked with vibrotactile patterns: an evaluation by users with deafblindness. in J Lazar, JH Feng & F Hwang (eds), ASSETS '21: The 23rd International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility., 88, Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, New York, pp. 1-3, 23rd International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility, ASSETS 2021, United States, 18/10/21. https://doi.org/10.1145/3441852.3476528

Social Haptic Communication mimicked with vibrotactile patterns: an evaluation by users with deafblindness. / Plaisier, Myrthe A.; Kappers, Astrid M.L.
ASSETS '21: The 23rd International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility. ed. / Jonathan Lazar; Jinjuan Heidi Feng; Faustina Hwang. New York: Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, 2021. p. 1-3 88.

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