User Survey of Screen Readers, the Internet, and Mobile Phones 2007

[Japanese]

* Abstract

The survey gathered information on the products and services used by visually impaired persons and problems they pose in using them. By disseminating the information, we aim at improvements of assistive technologies and services in the near future.

In total, 413 persons with visual impairments participated in the survey. The analysis of the data is in progress. The intermediate report can be obtained from below.

* Acknowledgments

This research is being funded by The Telecommunications Advancement Foundation.

* Papers

• Manabi Miyagi, Tetsuya Watanabe, Kazunori Minatani, and Hideji Nakgaoka: A survey of mobile phones, personal computers, and the Internet users with visual impairments, (PDF file, 204KB, in Japanese, text file，6KB, in Japanese), September 2007.

Last updated: October 1, 2007
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