Novel user interface for text entry on touch screen mobile device for visually impaired users

A touch screen mobile device become more popular in society because of its flexibility and discoverability. Unfortunately, due to its high visual demand it creates significant barriers for visually impaired users. But some touch screen devices available in the market with various accessible techniques like using screen reader, haptics and different input mechanisms. But they did not give any remarkable results in convenience handling and text entry speed. In this paper authors analyzes different interaction techniques and their impact on text entry speed. They also proposed new user interface for touch screen device to minimize accessibility barriers for visually impaired users.