Background: In order to make the mobility of visually impaired people safe and comfortable, it is desirable to examine the needs and expectations of the parties and develop and spread assistive technologies. It is based on the actual situation of accessibility to mobility assistive technology information. Purpose: To clarify the relationship between the degree of information literacy and the need to promote research and development centered on visually impaired people. participants and methods: About 200,000 members of the Japan Blind Federation. Method: During the period May-June 2019, in cooperation with the association's publicity, a questionnaire survey on access to assistive technology was created and distributed to all members. Among them, we measured the number of members who use email on a daily basis and the number of respondents who can respond to email addresses in some way and determined the respondents' attributes, access methods, and expectations for assistive technology A cross-tabulation was performed using the 10-point method, and a descriptive statistical analysis was performed on the relationship between attitudes toward assistive technology and expectations. Results: 118 responses were obtained. The number of valid responses was 115. The average expectation for supported technology was 5.9 points. The results of the comparison of e-mail and non-e-mail use groups tended to be lower for the former. Conclusion: In the Accessibility Technology Accessibility Survey, 118 of the 200,000 respondents used email. Expectations for action support technology were 5.9 out of 10 points. This report presents the current 2019 results based on such research approaches in creating database-based strategies for working with parties to develop and disseminate new technologies.

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