Student project aimed at helping the visually impaired take notes in class wins prize at Microsoft Imagine Cup

Publication Type:

Journal Article

Authors:

M.J. Astrauskas, D. Hayden, Q. Yan, J. Black

Source:

SIGACCESS Access. Comput., ACM, New York, NY, USA, p.3–7 (2011)

ISBN:

1558-2337

URL:

http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/2047473.2047474

Document:

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Authors

Michael J. Astrauskas

Undergrad Student Researcher

David Hayden

Masters Student Researcher

Qian Yan

Master's Student

John A. Black, Jr

Research Scientist

Projects

The Note-Taker

To take notes in class, students with visual impairments must rapidly switch between writing their notes (a near-sight task) and viewing a board at the front of the classroom (a far-sight task). Current assistive technologies provide magnification for near-sight tasks,…