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This paper describes an effort to create a conceptual design of an assistive technology that aims to improve quality of life of people with low vision. We carried out a qualitative study including in-depth interviews with people of low vision.
The analysis revealed several key concepts to understand people’s lived experiences of low vision including the ambiguity of their self-images and burdens in the interaction with the sighted people. The importance of building ’self-confidence of managing people’s appropriate appearances’ of low vision was emphasized. We created a conceptual design of a total assistive solution that supported people of low vision to perform each stage of a comprehensive cycle of the arrangement of their appearances. Our challenge continues to enhance a methodology for bridging a gap between qualitative research and the design of user experience.
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Kinoe, Y., Noguchi, A. (2014). Qualitative Study for the Design of Assistive Technologies for Improving Quality of Life of Visually Impaired. In: Yamamoto, S. (eds) Human Interface and the Management of Information. Information and Knowledge in Applications and Services. HIMI 2014. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 8522. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07863-2_57
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