Mobile gamebook for visually impaired people

Abstract

The goal of the project was to create a mobile game application for Android OS platform that follows the rules of playing a gamebook. Developed application interacts with user using touch and speech interface, which is crucial in case of blind users. The paragraphs and general game data should be stored in external XML document. Game implementation introduced a form of entertainment for users with vision disabilities and established a speech and tactile interface implementation, which could be also used in implementation of other games, which target blind players. © 2014 Springer International Publishing.