Touch-responsive maps bring interactive wayfinding to a new
level, providing independence to the visually impaired
These maps are made for talking. And touching. And they’re
beautiful, too.
In partnership with Touch Graphics Inc., developers at the
University at Buffalo’s Center for Inclusive
Design and Environmental Access (IDeA Center) have built and
tested a new kind of interactive wayfinder: 3-D maps that vocalize building information
and directions when touched.