deafblindness Archives - SUITCEYES https://suitceyes.eu/?tag=deafblindness Empowering People with Deafblindness Mon, 10 Mar 2025 07:48:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://suitceyes.eu/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/cropped-SUITCEYES-32x32.jpg deafblindness Archives - SUITCEYES https://suitceyes.eu/?tag=deafblindness 32 32 Impressive Documentary about the Life of Deafblind Persons https://suitceyes.eu/?p=1888 Tue, 26 Jan 2021 11:58:56 +0000 https://suitceyes.eu/?p=1888 The new film “Suitceyes Documentary” by four students from Offenburg University provides a sensitive insight into the everyday life of persons linging with deafblindness. It shows how intelligent wearables developed in the EU-project SUITCEYES can significantly improve their lives. New ways of inclusion No vision and a long silence – this is how the 26-minutes documentary introduces the viewer to the situation of persons with deafblindness. The creators, four students…

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]]> The new film “Suitceyes Documentary” by four students from Offenburg University provides a sensitive insight into the everyday life of persons linging with deafblindness. It shows how intelligent wearables developed in the EU-project SUITCEYES can significantly improve their lives.

New ways of inclusion

No vision and a long silence – this is how the 26-minutes documentary introduces the viewer to the situation of persons with deafblindness. The creators, four students from the media faculty at the Offenburg University conveyed a vivid impression of the everyday challenges of these persons. Moreover, it shows how in the EU- project SUITCEYES scientists from seven partners all over Europe are working together to develop communication tools that will seriously improve the lives of those affected.

Top marks under difficult conditions

The “SUITCEYES documentary” is the impressive result of a project work by Mübeyra Erkuş, Nico Levicki, Pascal Hoffmann and Tim Wenz in the Department of Media at Offenburg University under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Oliver Korn and Prof. Sabine Burg de Sousa Ferreira. The film was created throughout the summer term and under strict Corona regulations – including a flight to a partner in Sweden. Prof. Oliver Korn is extremely pleased with the result, which has now been published and can be watched on YouTube: “I am very impressed by the professional work of our media students. Under difficult circumstances, they have managed to document a complex international research project in a straightforward and touching way.”

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]]> Tactile Board presented at MUM 2020 https://suitceyes.eu/?p=1882 Fri, 18 Dec 2020 11:30:52 +0000 https://suitceyes.eu/?p=1882 During the 19th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia MUM 2020, SUITCEYES presented the Tactile Board, a multimodal communication device that uses haptic communication to support individuals with deafblindness in social interactions. A Multimodal AAC Device for Individuals with Deafblindness The concept for the Tactile Board emerged from co-creation sessions with members of the Deafblind community and aimed…

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]]> During the 19th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia MUM 2020, SUITCEYES presented the Tactile Board, a multimodal communication device that uses haptic communication to support individuals with deafblindness in social interactions.

A Multimodal AAC Device for Individuals with Deafblindness

The concept for the Tactile Board emerged from co-creation sessions with members of the Deafblind community and aimed to support individuals with deafblindness in social interactions without the direct need of an intervener.

The handheld device is connected to a wearable that translates text messages and voice commands directly into haptic messages onto the upper back of the user. The messages sent through the Tactile Board can be sent to multiple devices at the same time, therefore allowing individuals with deafblindness to communicate with each other or send messages to a larger group of persons too.

If you are interested to read more about the Tactile Board, please follow the link to the published paper: https://doi.org/10.1145/3428361.3428465

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