A prototype development of music player application software for visually impaired persons

Abstract

Visually impaired persons can use screen reader functions to operate application software on smartphones. However, concentration to operation is needed for accurate operations, or time to wait for speech annotations is needed. In case of music player application, small and complex menus and buttons cause difficulty for visually impaired persons’ uses. Thus, a prototype music player application on Android based smartphones are implemented for visually impaired persons, by replacing menus and buttons with tap and flick operations.