Citation

Brecht M, Preiser WFE. Proc. Hum. Factors Ergon. Soc. Annu. Meet. 1980; 24(1): 405-407.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1980, Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, Publisher SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1071181380024001105

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

A tactile map/directory designed to provide the visually impaired with directional and orienting information about the interior of a complex building was tested for efficiency of use by sighted, partially-sighted, and non-sighted individuals. Preliminary evaluations suggest that simpler, more schematic maps may be more effective as way-finding aids than was the detailed, more architecturally-true map tested. Tactile discriminability of symbols used to represent various interior building features was also compared in order to specify a highly discriminable symbol set.

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