ABSTRACT
This paper presents the development of a training protocol for learning to read text with the BP-WAVE-ll. The various learning tasks tested in the development of this paradigm could be applied to other situations in order to train BP-WA VE-Il users to adapt to operations in unknown environments. Other types of assistive technologies increase situation awareness for the blind, such as the white cane and the guide dog. Unlike the BP-WAVE-II, these alternative systems are costly and require important environment modifications: (1) Braille representations; (2) street traffic lights equipped with speakers (audio CFS) that tells bind people when to cross the street; and (3) pedestrian crosswalks and sidewalk transitions equipped with grooves ·or bumps to inform the blind about changes in the nature of the ground (tactile CFS).
