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2022 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

Accessible Adaptable Indoor Routing for People with Disabilities

Authors : Fabian Lüders, Julian Striegl, Jan Schmalfuß-Schwarz, Claudia Loitsch, Gerhard Weber

Published in: Computers Helping People with Special Needs

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

For people with disabilities, indoor routing approaches have to take the specific requirements of the target user group into account. Depending on the needs of the individual, certain objects and indoor features can present insurmountable barriers and hence, should be avoided when generating indoor routes. Research in the field of indoor routing for people with disabilities has been going on for several years, but most approaches focus on one specific disability and do not evaluate designed systems with the target user group. Therefore, we propose an accessible, adaptable indoor routing algorithm for people with disabilities. The designed system is evaluated in a user study with people with blindness and mobility impairments using a Wizard of Oz approach. Results indicate a good acceptance of the designed routing system.

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Footnotes
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Wheelmap.org, https://​wheelmap.​org/​, Access date: 22.03.2022.
 
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AccessibleMaps, https://​www.​accessiblemaps.​de/​, Access date: 22.03.2022.
 
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OpenStreetMap.org, https://​www.​openstreetmap.​org, Access date: 31.03.2022.
 
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Metadata
Title
Accessible Adaptable Indoor Routing for People with Disabilities
Authors
Fabian Lüders
Julian Striegl
Jan Schmalfuß-Schwarz
Claudia Loitsch
Gerhard Weber
Copyright Year
2022
Book
Computers Helping People with Special Needs

Print ISBN: 978-3-031-08647-2

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-031-08648-9

Copyright Year: 2022

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-08648-9_20