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Learning to Swipe Without Sight – Teaching Touch and Swipe Gestures on Smartphones to Blind and Severely Visually Impaired People

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A project funded by the Humane Digital Transformation initiative is redefining the concept of digital inclusion. Researchers have developed a mobile gesture learning aid that allows instructors who are blind or severely visually impaired to teach others with visual impairments the complex touch and swipe gestures required to use smartphones. The early results are highly […]

An app for treating ulcers – technology does not heal all wounds

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What functions does an app need to have in order to provide meaningful support for wound therapy? An interdisciplinary team from Bern University of Applied Sciences (BFH) investigated this question. The project was funded as part of the “Humane Digital Transformation” programme. A needs analysis was carried out based on a human-centred design approach. This […]