5/21/2023 0 Comments Asu notetakerDevelopment and evaluation of the Note-Taker prototype will be done with the full involvement of legally blind and low vision students on the campus of Arizona State University, under the auspices of the Cognitive Ubiquitous Computing Center for Assistive and Rehabilitative Systems (CUbiC CAReS). The PI's goal is to go beyond mere "accessibility" and to create a device that allows legally blind students to take notes as efficiently as fully sighted students. The student will be able to adjust the camera's aim at any time by simply tapping on the point of interest in the video window on the display surface of the Tablet PC. On the Tablet PC's display surface the student will be able both to see a zoomed video of the lecturer's presentation at the front of the classroom in real time, and to take notes with digital ink. The device will employ a Tablet PC, a zooming video camera, and an electronic pan/tilt mechanism, which can all be easily carried in a backpack and set up in a few seconds on any classroom desk. In this project, the PI will develop and evaluate a portable Note-Taker device that does not require any adaptation of the existing classroom infrastructure, and which allows visually impaired students to shift their attention between the writing surface and the class presentation without inefficient context switching. The repeated delay in switching between the writing surface and the board can make it hard for the student to keep up. But monoculars with high magnification also have narrow fields of view, which forces the student to "hunt" for the target at the front of the classroom each time s/he looks up from the writing surface. ![]() They may be able to use a monocular to see what is being written on a board in the front of the classroom. Students who are legally blind typically write by placing their head close to the writing surface. The problem is particularly acute in fast-paced STEM courses. Primary Place of Performance Congressional District:Ġ40100 NSF RESEARCH & RELATED ACTIVIT 040100 NSF RESEARCH & RELATED ACTIVITĪlthough the benefits of note-taking in the classroom are widely recognized, there has not been enough research focused on alleviating the difficulties encountered by legally blind and low vision students in their attempts to take notes during lecture. Gaurav Pradhan (Co-Principal Investigator).John Black (Principal Investigator) Sethuraman Panchanathan (Co-Principal Investigator). ![]() IIS Div Of Information & Intelligent SystemsĮphraim Glinert (703)292-4341 IIS Div Of Information & Intelligent Systems CSE Direct For Computer & Info Scie & EnginrįY 2009 = $434,658.00 FY 2010 = $15,781.00 HCC: Small: The CUbiC CAReS Note-Taker: Enabling Students who are Legally Blind to Take Notes in Class NSF Org:
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