My name is George Fence, and I am a third-year PhD student at Birmingham City University. My research focuses on haptic technologies for accessibility, which are devices that use the sense of touch to transmit information.
If you have experience reading English Braille and are familiar with the Perkins keyboard layout, this research might interest you.
What is involved:
The session will involve reading words using a new Finger Braille reading device, which uses six actuators arranged in the Perkins keyboard layout to show Braille, and scoring the emotional response you feel after each word.
The goal of the study is to explore how conveying emotions through affective haptics could potentially enhance Finger Braille reading, and the findings could be used to improve haptic technologies such as Braille displays. Participation in the study is completely voluntary, and the collected data will be anonymised.
If you are interested in experiencing new Braille technologies and want to find out more about the study, please submit your interest on the Microsoft Form or contact me directly by email: [email protected]
I look forward to welcoming you to the study and answering any questions you may have.
Thank you for your time!