Title : 
A pen-based Japanese character input system for the blind person
         
        
            Author : 
Ezaki, Nobuo ; Hikichi, Toru ; Kiyota, Kimiyasu ; Yamamoto, Shinji
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Toba Nat. Coll. of Maritime Technol., Mie, Japan
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
We have developed a pen-based Japanese character input system for a blind person (particularly acquired blind person). This system is composed of a personal computer and a control board with an electronic tablet. The blind person is able to get the screen information by using a voice synthesizer. We have investigated the various problems when the blind person edits the document by using this system and solved those problems. Therefore this pen-based system makes it easy to input Japanese characters for the novice blind user without training. We apply the system to an electronic mail system for a blind person
         
        
            Keywords : 
character recognition; electronic mail; handicapped aids; interactive devices; speech synthesis; blind person; control board; electronic mail system; electronic tablet; pen-based Japanese character input system; screen information; voice synthesizer; Application software; Character recognition; Control systems; Diseases; Educational institutions; Electronic mail; Keyboards; Microcomputers; Synthesizers; Writing;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Pattern Recognition, 2000. Proceedings. 15th International Conference on
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Barcelona
         
        
        
            Print_ISBN : 
0-7695-0750-6
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/ICPR.2000.902936