Abstract

We introduce AudioMetro, application software for blind users representing a subway system in a desktop computer to assist mobilization and orientation in a subway network. A user can organize and prepare a travel by using the software before riding the subway. Conclusions of the usability study revealed the critical role played by key interface elements, such as audio-based hierarchy menu, travel simulation, and information about the subway network, subway stations, and their surroundings. Cognitive study results revealed gains in the development of mobility skills needed when using a subway system, which is a contribution to a much more integral development of blind users and one-step further toward social integration and inclusion. Copyright © Freund Publishing House Limited.