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Tactile Representations, haptic tablet and audio descriptions

Around 12 persons with different visual impairment participated to our tests with several tactile representations of the scenes Apocalypse Tapestry. The responsible persons from the cultural department of the Castle of Angers invited some people from the Association Valentin Haûy, APIDV Pays de la Loire, Ecole des chiens-guides to participate to our evaluations. We could test also our F2T haptic tablet with two scenes of Apocalypse Tapestry.

A lady Participant to the haptic exploration with F2T for one scene of Apocalypse Tapestry

We have organised also a workshop for co-creation of audio descriptions by different kind of visually impaired persons and sighted persons in front of several scenes of Apocalypse Tapestry.

Workshop for co-created audio description in front of Apocalypse Tapestry

Where does the eye go on the Tapestry of Bayeux ?

Around fifty people participated to our tests of attention on the images of Bayeux Tapestry with an eye tracking device. We could compare the results of our tests with a deep learning system trained with our image dataset. We would like to be inspired of the results for the creation of tactile representations for our F2T, Force Feedback Tablet.

Participante à l'exploration haptique avec la F2T d'une scène de la tapisserie de l'Apocalypse

Results of sallient regions obtained with Eye-tracker and predictions with deep learning for the images of some scenes of Bayeux Tapestry.

Evaluation test of attention regions in front of an Eye-Tracker situated under the screen

Evaluation day of tactile representations

We have organised an Evaluation Day for audio descriptions and tactile representations of three scenes in Bayeux Tapestry Museum. The participants came from Rouen, they were invited by the Center Normandie Lorraine, GIHP and the research laboratory LITIS.

Visually impaired person is testing the swell paper with a researcher

The students from the Institute of Technology of Rouen, Department of Multimedia participated to our Evaluation Day with an interview of participants and of researchers, photos for our website.

Interview in front of a showcase in Bayeux Tapestry Museum

Meeting at Mantes La Jolie

Meeting in the Center of Arts of Mantes la Jolie for the accessibility of paintings for visuelly impaired persons.

International Conference ICCHP-AAATE 2022

Participation with two articles to the conference ICCHP-AAATE 2022, 15 July 2022, Lecco, Italy. The first article presents the creation of the first level gist (first glance) with the contours of objects in the paintings for a tactile exploration. The second article presents the results of the tests with audio descriptions of the aboriginal paintings of the Quai Branly Museum and their tactile exploration.