A review of assistive spatial orientation and navigation technologies for the visually impaired

H. Fernandes,Paulo Costa,V. Filipe,H. Paredes,J. Barroso

Published 2019 in Universal Access in the Information Society

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2019
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Universal Access in the Information Society
Publication date
2019-03-01
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Medicine, Computer Science, Engineering
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DOI 10.1007/s10209-017-0570-8
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