Psychological characteristics of visual information perception of students with visual deprivation in training to work on a personal computer

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Abstract

This article discusses how children with profound sight impairment perceive visual information from a computer screen by means of synthesized speech, and describes research of characteristics of user skills development in children with visual deprivation. We provide the most significant results of research and a number of methodical recommendations on educating children of this category in work on the personal computer without visual control.

General Information

Keywords: teaching of blind , informatics, non-visual access , blind user

Article type: scientific article

For citation: Sokolov V.V. Psychological characteristics of visual information perception of students with visual deprivation in training to work on a personal computer [Elektronnyi resurs]. Tätigkeitstheorie: E-Journal for Activity Theoretical Research in Germany, 2014. Vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 119–132. (In Russ., аbstr. in Engl.)

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Information About the Authors

Vladimir V. Sokolov, Chief of education-production laboratory of technical tools and software for teaching blind and visually impaired students, faculty of information technologies, Moscow State University of Psychology & Education, Moscow, Russia, e-mail: vvsokolov168@gmail.com

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