DEVELOPING A USER INTERFACE FOR BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED ON SMARTPHONES WITH ANDROID OPERATING SYSTEM

Na svetu je ogromno slepih in slabovidnih ljudi, ki imajo oteženo vsakdanje življenje. Sodobni pametni telefoni imajo vgrajenih precej senzorjev, kot so GPS, kompas, žiroskop, hkrati imajo tudi internetno povezavo. Te senzorje je možno uporabiti pri razvoju različnih aplikacij, ki bi pomagale slepim in slabovidnim ljudem pri vsakodnevnih opravilih in jim omogočile večjo stopnjo samostojnosti. Glavna težava pametnih telefonov na dotik je njihova nezadostna prilagojenost potrebam slepih in slabovidnih. V tem magistrskem delu predstavljamo razvoj prilagojenega uporabniškega vmesnika, ki bo slepim in slabovidnim ljudem omogočal hitro in enostavno interakcijo s pametnim telefonom.The world has a lot of blind and visually impaired people who have difficulty with everyday activities. Modern smart phones have a lot of sensors such as GPS, compass, gyroscope and internet connectivity. These sensors as well as smart phone processing power could be used to develop a variety of applications to help the blind and visually impaired to greater autonomy. But for that the blind and visually impaired people need a customized user interface that will allow them to use the smartphones with touchscreen. In this thesis we present the development of user interface designed especially with blind and visually impaired people in mind