Görme Engelliler için Vücudun Okuma Hassasiyetinin Ölçülmesi

Öz

Bilindiği gibi görme engelliler ve diğer engelli bireylerin sosyal hayata entegrasyonu yönünde birçok çalışma yapılmakta fakat yapılan çalışmaların birçoğu engelli bireylerin hareket, konfor gibi durumlarını sınırlamaktadır. Özellikle hareket kabiliyeti düşük olan görme engelli bireylerde hareket kabiliyetlerini kısıtlamayacak cihazlar geliştirilmesi ihtiyacı bulunmaktadır. Görme engelli bireylerin sosyal yaşamdaki karşılaştığı sorunları ele alındığında, birçok alanda ciddi gelişmelerin yaşandığı günümüz şartlarında, görme engelli kişilerin yeteri kadar teknolojiden faydalanmayıp, okuma yetenekleri sadece Braille alfabesi ile yazılan metinler ve sayısal ortamdaki metinleri sese çevirebilen teknolojilerden ibarettir. Her iki durumda da mobilitelerinin kısıtlı olması sebebiyle sosyal ortamdan uzak kalmaları büyük sorun teşkil etmektedir. Bunun yanı sıra, görme engelli bireylerin kullanacağı ve kültürel gelişimine katkıda bulunabilecek nitelikte materyallerin (kitap, dergi, gazete v.b) kısıtlı olması, üretilen materyallerin kullanılan alfabe tekniği nedeniyle ulaşılmasının zor olması veya maliyetinin yüksek olması sorun olmaktadır. Özellikle görme engelli bireylerin hareket kabiliyetlerini kısıtlamadan ve dış ortamdan izole olmadan dijital ortamdaki metinleri daha çok titreşim yoluyla okuma yapabilmesi için, vücutta kişinin çeşitli bölgeleri üzerinde bir çalışma yapılmış olup bu yolla yapacakları okuma hassasiyeti bu çalışmada araştırılmıştır.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Görme Engelli,Braille,Mobilite,Titreşim ile Okuma

Reading Sensivity Measurement of the Body for the Visually Impaired

Abstract

It is well known that many studies are carried out for the integration of visually impaired and other disabled individuals to social life, but many of the studies limit the conditions of disabled individuals such as movement and comfort. There is a need to develop devices that will not limit their mobility especially in individuals with low mobility. Considering the problems faced by visually impaired individuals in social life, in today's conditions where there are serious developments in many areas, visually impaired people do not benefit from enough technology, their reading skills are only the texts written in Braille alphabet and technologies that can translate texts in digital environment into sound. In both cases, because of their limited mobility, their being away from the social environment poses a big problem. In addition, it is a problem that the materials (books, magazines, newspapers, etc.) that are visually impaired and that can contribute to their cultural development are limited, the materials produced are difficult to access due to the alphabet technique used or the cost is high. In order to enable the visually impaired individuals to read the texts in the digital environment more by vibration without restricting their mobility and isolation from the external environment, a study was made on various parts of the body and their reading sensitivity was investigated in this study.

Keywords

• Visually Impaired,Braille,Mobility,Reading with Vibration

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