Alistair Edwards

My research and my favourite student project

My research

‘Unconventional’ forms of human-computer interaction

sounds

speech (synthetic)

non-speech

tactile

Users with particular needs

Blind

Older

Other forms of disability

Speech

Blind people

People who cannot speak with their voices

In theatre

Speech

Blind people

Speech

Blind people

T4

Turning, talking tactile tablet

Speech

People who cannot speak with their voices

Speech

In theatre

Nonspeech sounds

Instead of speech

Sonification

Nonspeech sounds

Instead of speech

Nonspeech sounds

Sonification

Tactile

Another alternative for blind people

Not braille

Often in conjunction with sounds

Tactile

Another alternative for blind people

Not braille

Often in conjunction with sounds

Tactile

Another alternative for blind people

Not braille

Often in conjunction with sounds

My favourite project

Testing interactive multi-modal maze game

Xian Yu (Cosine)How effective is the T4?

Particularly in turning

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nW9-zKmKUw&feature=youtu.be

Maze Game

3 mazes of different complexity

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Mean0

0.5

1

1.5

2

2.5

3

3.5

Easy

Medium

Hard

Participant

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Maze game

Some turning problems

But not as bad as they might have been