SBIR/STTR Research Award
Low-cost Computer Graphics Screen Reader for the Vision Impaired
Award amount
$75,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2011Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Education
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- ADVANCED MEDICAL ELECTRONICS CORP
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- 2012-03-31
- UEI
- GJ1KBJPEZL52
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- 84.133S-1
Research abstract
This project develops a multimodal computer graphics visualization tool that is based on an inexpensive consumer electronic product, a wireless haptic accessory device, and visualization software. During Phase I, a prototype is developed and compared against hard-copy embossed print outs and an expensive piezo-electric display. This research is based on the issues faced by the blind and visually impaired in gaining access to electronic graphical information such as charts, plots, and images. Accessibility features such as screen readers make electronic textual information widely accessible; however, the same is not true for graphical information.
Technology keywords
Not reported
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Research funding history
138 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1994–2024). Reported award amounts total $61,745,451. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Education, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Agriculture, National Science Foundation