Table Detection for Improving Accessibility of Digital Documents using a Deep Learning Approach

Acuna, Byron; Martini, Luiz César; Motta, Lucas L.; Larco, Julio; Grijalva, Felipe

doi:10.1109/la-cci47412.2019.9036767

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“…As a result, scanned PDFs remain inaccessible to VIPs. It follows that most mathematical documents are not blindfriendly, requiring third-party solutions to provide accessibility [66], [67]. Practical implementations for making mathematical documents accessible usually perform a conversion of the non-accessible input document (i.e., PDF, Microsoft Word, HTML) into a blind-friendly document.…”

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“…For instance, it would be advantageous for VIPs to extract useful information from complex structures such as tables, without hearing all of their cells' content. In general, related research areas such as machine learning applications to develop assistive technologies have shown great potential to improve their quality of life [67], [97].…”

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A Survey on Mathematical Software Tools for Visually Impaired Persons: A Practical Perspective

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There is no evidence that mathematical semantics cannot be understood due to blindness, the problem is the current access barrier to mathematical resources. In light of this problem, this survey aims at providing visually impaired persons (VIPs), or people close to them, with an overview of the currently available software tools for approaching mathematical content. These can be categorized into (a) tools for accessing mathematical documents (where VIPs are just consumers of content), and (b) tools that allow VIPs to become the creators of mathematical content and even to execute mathematical operations. We also explain the advantages and disadvantages of several key technologies used to interact with mathematics. Moreover, we discuss the necessity of the most common formats and languages behind these tools. Finally, we outline promising paths for future research and development towards blind-friendly mathematical resources. The authors hope that this survey may encourage researchers to engage with the still unsolved challenges of this topic.

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Section: ) Solutions To Make Mathematical Documents Accessiblementioning

confidence: 99%

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confidence: 99%