Accessible EPUB: Making EPUB 3 Documents Universal Accessible

Schwarz, Thorsten; Rajgopal, S.; Stiefelhagen, Rainer

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-94277-3_16

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“…In this section, we discuss the conversion from E-born PDF into accessible EPUB3 [ 2 ]. There are several versions in EPUB3, and some of them are not compatible with each other.…”

Section: Accessible Epub3mentioning

confidence: 99%

On Automatic Conversion from E-born PDF into Accessible EPUB3 and Audio-Embedded HTML5

Suzuki

Yamaguchi

2020

Lecture Notes in Computer Science

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As a promising method to make digital STEM books in PDF accessible, a new assistive technology to convert inaccessible PDF into accessible digital books in some different-type formats are shown. E-born PDF is initially converted into text-based EPUB3, and then, it is converted into audio-embedded HTML5 with JavaScript (ChattyBook). In the conversion, various local languages can be chosen for reading out STEM contents.

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“…In this section, we discuss the conversion from E-born PDF into accessible EPUB3 [ 2 ]. There are several versions in EPUB3, and some of them are not compatible with each other.…”

Section: Accessible Epub3mentioning

confidence: 99%

On Automatic Conversion from E-born PDF into Accessible EPUB3 and Audio-Embedded HTML5

Suzuki

Yamaguchi

2020

Lecture Notes in Computer Science

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“…This is a problem encountered not only by the visually-impaired, but also by the sighted. In fact, the study reported in [ 13 ] suggests personalizing eBook visualization to adapt the rendering for sighted, visually-impaired and blind people. These results reveal the need for text customization functionalities in reading tools, as well as the opportunity to provide the information in an alternative way in specific contexts, such as shopping.…”

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“…This difficulty is due to the inadequate use of colors, inappropriate color contrast, the type and size of the text fonts, etc. [ 13 ]. Consequently, several issues are encountered when performing everyday activities, such as using products at home and at the shop.…”

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SelfLens: A Personal Assistive Technology to Support the Independence of People with Special Needs in Reading Information on Food Items

Galesi

Giunipero²,

Leporini

et al. 2020

Lecture Notes in Computer Science

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Grocery shopping or handling food items (e.g. packets, boxes, etc.) can be a very difficult task for people with special needs. Object labels may contain much information that can be difficult to read because the data shown is a lot, and the text is difficult to read by many people. Blind people are unable to get that information autonomously, and many sighted persons (e.g. elderly people and visually-impaired) may have a lot of difficulty in reading labels. Several tools or applications are available on the market or have been proposed in the literature to support this type of activity (e.g. barcode or QR code reading), but they are limited and may require specific skills by the user. Moreover, repeatedly using an application to read label contents or to get additional information on a product can require numerous actions on a touch-screen device. This can make their use inaccessible or unusable for many users, especially while shopping or cooking. In this work, a portable tool is proposed to support people in simply reading the contents of labels and getting additional information, while they are at home or at the shop. Our study aims to propose a portable assistive technology which can be used by everyone both at home and in the shopping, independently from the personal skills and without requiring no smartphone or complex device, and that is a low-cost solution for the user. Such a product could be very useful for the people independence in a period like that one we are living due to the lockdown required by the Covid-19 situation.

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“…As is well known, in advanced countries, “Digital Accessible Information System (DAISY)” (or accessible EPUB3 that is essentially DAISY4) has already held the position of the international standard for accessible e-books (DAISY Consortium, n.d. ; Schwarz et al , 2018). Many excellent tools to produce and to read DAISY/accessible EPUB3 books are available.…”

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confidence: 99%

An accessible STEM editor customizable for various local languages

Yamaguchi

Suzuki

2019

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to facilitate the spread of accessible e-books, especially ones of STEM much more in developing countries, an efficient/systematic scheme to localize tools for producing/reading them should be established. Furthermore, even in many advanced countries, Print-disabled people still do not have a good tool to write a content including technical notations such as mathematical formulas in their own local language. This work is aimed at giving a practical solution for those problems. Design/methodology/approach Here, multilingual support in a tool to produce accessible STEM contents and its new localization scheme are discussed. Findings It is shown that the accessible STEM-document editor can be customized easily for print-disabled people so that they can read and author a material including complicated technical notations in their own local language. The localization for Vietnamese and other various languages actually has been worked on. Originality/value The Vietnamese version was completed, and some prototype versions for the other languages were also given. It is expected that the software can contribute to improve STEM accessibility much more in many countries.

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Accessible EPUB: Making EPUB 3 Documents Universal Accessible

Cited by 8 publications

References 4 publications

On Automatic Conversion from E-born PDF into Accessible EPUB3 and Audio-Embedded HTML5

On Automatic Conversion from E-born PDF into Accessible EPUB3 and Audio-Embedded HTML5

SelfLens: A Personal Assistive Technology to Support the Independence of People with Special Needs in Reading Information on Food Items

An accessible STEM editor customizable for various local languages

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