VTAssist: a location-based feedback notification system for the disabled

The needs of individuals with limited mobility have not been given as much importance as those of other users of internet-accessible mobile devices. Disabled users have information and service needs that are unique and a timely delivery of these services and information can be invaluable. This has motivated us toward the development of VTAssist, an application that attempts to provide critical location-based information about building accessibility to impaired users. This paper discusses our initial implementation of VTAssist and reports on preliminary evaluation results. Our results indicate that our system can help wheelchair users to better understand and navigate around environments.

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