An open source reading system for print disabilities
According to World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) estimation only 5% of the world’s one million print titles that are published every year are accessible to the some 340 million around the world who are blind, vision impaired or who live with other print disabilities. Access to informatio...
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| author | Nazemi, Azadeh Murray, Iain |
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| description | According to World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) estimation only 5% of the world’s one million print titles that are published every year are accessible to the some 340 million around the world who are blind, vision impaired or who live with other print disabilities. Access to information and education is an established human right. Many with print disabilities struggle to achieve equality in this area due to the lack of accessible books and sources of information. This research describes an approach to design a comprehensive reading system for vision impaired people. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-370102017-01-30T13:59:00Z An open source reading system for print disabilities Nazemi, Azadeh Murray, Iain TTS OCR Daisy player Reading System Navigation Vision impaired According to World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) estimation only 5% of the world’s one million print titles that are published every year are accessible to the some 340 million around the world who are blind, vision impaired or who live with other print disabilities. Access to information and education is an established human right. Many with print disabilities struggle to achieve equality in this area due to the lack of accessible books and sources of information. This research describes an approach to design a comprehensive reading system for vision impaired people. 2013 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/37010 http://ijitcs.com/volume%2012_No_2/Azadeh.pdf Institute of Information System & Research Center fulltext |
| spellingShingle | TTS OCR Daisy player Reading System Navigation Vision impaired Nazemi, Azadeh Murray, Iain An open source reading system for print disabilities |
| title | An open source reading system for print disabilities |
| title_full | An open source reading system for print disabilities |
| title_fullStr | An open source reading system for print disabilities |
| title_full_unstemmed | An open source reading system for print disabilities |
| title_short | An open source reading system for print disabilities |
| title_sort | open source reading system for print disabilities |
| topic | TTS OCR Daisy player Reading System Navigation Vision impaired |
| url | http://ijitcs.com/volume%2012_No_2/Azadeh.pdf http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/37010 |