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 ETH Zurich :
Computer Science :
Pervasive Computing :
Distributed Systems :
Research :
Chatty Environment
The Chatty Environment
A Research Demo of the Distributed Systems Group
The Chatty Environment is a system designed to help visually impaired and blind
people to lead a more independent life and better orient themselves in unknown
environments by enhancing the world with spoken information. To achieve this
goal, the various entities of the Chatty Environment are electronically tagged,
thus being detectable by a suitable reading device. A virtual aura emerges
around the tagged objects, in which these are electronically detectable by a
suitable reading device. The reader communicates with the user's mobile device
(e.g., an HP iPAQ), that mediates the interaction between user and smart environment.
This demo was created in September 2003.
See also the following related items:
Selected Publications
See the Publications of the Distributed Systems Group page for a full listing of our publications.
- Vlad Coroama
Experiences from the Design of a Ubiquitous Computing System for the Blind.
Adjunct Proceedings of the CHI 2006 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Montréal, Canada, April 22-27, 2006
Abstract, BibTeX, Paper (.pdf)
- Vlad Coroama, Felix Röthenbacher
The Chatty Environment.
Demo at the Second Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications (PerCom 2004). Orlando, Florida, March 14-17, 2004
BibTeX, Paper (.pdf)
- Vlad Coroama, Tarik Kapic, Felix Röthenbacher
Improving the Reality Perception of Visually Impaired through Pervasive Computing.
In: Alois Ferscha, Horst Hoertner, Gabriele Kotsis (Eds.): Advances in Pervasive Computing. Austrian Computer Society (OCG), ISBN 3-85403-176-9, pp. 369-376, Vienna, Austria, 2004
BibTeX, Paper (.pdf)
- Vlad Coroama
The Chatty Environment – A World Explorer for the Visually Impaired.
Adjunct Proceedings of Ubicomp 2003. Seattle, Washington, October 2003
BibTeX, Paper (.pdf)
- Vlad Coroama, Felix Röthenbacher
The Chatty Environment – Providing Everyday Independence to the Visually Impaired.
Workshop on Ubiquitous Computing for Pervasive Healthcare Applications at Ubicomp 2003, Seattle, Washington, October 2003
BibTeX, Paper (.pdf)
Related Student Projects
The following table lists corresponding student projects in our group. Note that some descriptions will be in German.
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