Tactilelink Txoj Kev Kawm Duab Kov Tau (Tactile Graphic Education System) los ntawm Nuoran Chen, Yilin Niu and Siming Jin

Qhov qauv tsim Tactilelink Txoj Kev Kawm Duab Kov Tau (Tactile Graphic Education System) los ntawm Nuoran Chen, Yilin Niu and Siming Jin yog tus yeej muaj nqis heev ntawm qhov khoom plig 2026 A' Design Award Tooj hauv Pawg Sib Tw Tsim Kev Kawm, Khoom Pab Qhia thiab Kev Cob Qhia.

ToojKev Kawm· 2026

Tactilelink Txoj Kev Kawm Duab Kov Tau (Tactile Graphic Education System)

los ntawm Nuoran Chen, Yilin Niu and Siming Jin

Tus Neeg Siv: Nuoran Chen

Tus Yeej A' Design Award Tooj hauv Pawg Kev Kawm

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Saib ntawm A' Design Award Tsab Xov Xwm Daim Phiaj Khoom Plig

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Txog Tactilelink Txoj Kev Kawm Duab Kov Tau (Tactile Graphic Education System)

Tactilelink yog ib txoj kev kawm duab kov tau rau cov tub ntxhais kawm ntawv uas dig muag thiab pom tsis meej. Txoj kev qhia qub uas xib fwb tuav menyuam txhais tes qhia ua rau tub ntxhais kawm tsis muaj kev ywj pheej thiab yuav tsum vam khom cov xib fwb tshwj xeeb uas tsis muaj coob. Tactilelink muab ib lub ncej ntim tablet luam tawm ua 3D, cov duab kab tsa siab ntawm cov duab hluav taws xob circuit thiab software uas siv tau ntau lub platform los ua ke. Lub suab coj kev pab qhia txhua tus tub ntxhais kawm mus rau qhov chaw uas xav kom kov, vim lub suab qhov siab thiab qhov nrov hloov raws li ntiv tes nyob deb los ze. Cov xib fwb tuaj yeem saib xyuas ntau tus tub ntxhais kawm ib zaug thiab npaj cov lus suab piav qhia rau lawv rov kawm ua lawv tus kheej tom qab tawm hoob kawm lawm.

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Txog A' Design Award Tooj

Tactilelink Txoj Kev Kawm Duab Kov Tau (Tactile Graphic Education System) yog tus yeej ntawm A' Design Award Tooj, ib qho kev lees paub muaj meej mom heev uas muab rau cov qauv tsim tshwj xeeb uas txawv los ntawm kev tsim tshiab, kev txawj tsim thiab kev ntse. Cov neeg yeej Tooj yog cov khoom muaj txuj ci heev thiab tsim tshiab heev uas ua pov thawj txog kev paub ntau, kev xav thiab kev txawj ua ntawm cov kws tsim qauv. Tactilelink Txoj Kev Kawm Duab Kov Tau (Tactile Graphic Education System) xav tias yuav yog ib qho khoom uas neeg hwm, qhuas thiab hlub, uas tshaj lij heev thiab tsim tshiab. Cov qauv tsim yeej A' Design Award Tooj no siv cov kev coj ua zoo tshaj plaws ntawm kev kos duab, kev tshawb fawb, kev tsim qauv thiab thev naus laus zis thiab zoo heev vim nws saib xyuas cov ntsiab lus. Tactilelink Txoj Kev Kawm Duab Kov Tau (Tactile Graphic Education System) ua tau raws li cov kev xav tau zoo kawg, kov cov kev xav, ntxias cov kev xav thiab txhawb kev xav paub.

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Cov credit, cov neeg pab thiab cov ntsiab lus kev txawj ntse muab los ntawm tus tsim.

Yam Tshwj Xeeb: Tactilelink is an affordable tactile graphic education system for blind and visually impaired students. Traditional hand-over-hand instruction limits students' independence and strains an already scarce specialist workforce. SoundPath lets a single instructor guide multiple students at once through sonification and voiceover annotations, making tactile graphic learning accessible, scalable, and independent.
Qhov Loj & Ntim: The physical components include a 3D-printed tablet frame (290 × 226 × 7 mm) and several tactile graphics of Arduino diagrams (279.4 × 215.9 mm). The digital component is cross-platform software that works as both a tablet app and a desktop web app, creating a flexible teaching system.
Cov Ntsiab Lus: Accessibility, Tactile graphic, Education system, Inclusive education, Blind Arduino
Thev Naus Laus Zis Tsim Khoom: Tactilelink is built with simplicity, affordability, and accessibility in mind. For student’s system, it combines 3D-printed tablet frames with software optimized for common educational tablets, ensuring easy setup and scalability. It uses sonification to guide students in exploring and learning raised-line graphics. For instructor’s system, it’s an one-step, AI empowered software help they instruct multiple students easily, reducing their workload, expanding the educational capacity to more underserved blind students.
Kev Sib Tw Tsim Qauv: The hardest part was shifting from designer to facilitator. Co-design challenged us to suspend our assumptions, especially as sighted designers. We wrongly assumed blind users would prefer vibration cues over sound. In reality, sonification was less fatiguing and more effective. This required overcoming internal bias, embracing user knowledge, and adapting to insights often overlooked due to our own perspective.
Kev Tshawb Fawb: This research is user-centered design. Our goal was to create an affordable system for teaching tactile graphics to visually impaired students. We observed Blind Arduino sessions and collaborated with the East Bay Center for the Blind, then used co-design workshops, Wizard of Oz prototyping, and usability testing with teachers and students. Results showed sonification on existing hardware best supported group learning, offering insights that impact education, accessibility, and inclusive design.
Kev Txhawb Siab: The idea came from observing an Arduino class at the East Bay Center for the Blind, where one instructor had to physically guide each student's hands through circuit diagrams one by one. With nearly 5,000 specialist teachers short across the U.S., this one-on-one model is unsustainable. Inspired by sonification, we use continuous pitch changes to guide students to target components independently, enabling one teacher to instruct multiple students simultaneously, in person or remotely.
Lub Sij Hawm Ua Hauj Lwm: This project started in August 2024 and finished in December 2024.
Txheej Txheem Ua Hauj Lwm: During class, the instructor taps a selected component on the tactile graphic for students to explore. Students navigate to the component following sonification guidance: the pitch and intensity of the sound shift based on how close their finger is to the target. Teacher can observes their progress on their interface to provide real-time support. After class, teachers could use the software to create detailed audio annotation and design the component-learning sequence, publishing it to student’s device. Students could review the knowledge independently without teacher’s presence by following the sonification guidance.
Cov Tswv Cuab Pab: Nuoran Chen
Yilin Niu
Siming (Susie) Jin