Title :
Accessible educational digital book on tablets for people with visual impairment
Author :
Costa, Laisa C. P. ; Correa, Ana G. D. ; Dalmon, Danilo L. ; Zuffo, Marcelo K. ; Lopes, Roseli D.
Author_Institution :
Eng. Sch., Univ. of Sao Paulo (Escola Politec. da USP), Sao Paulo, Brazil
Abstract :
Tablet adoption is massive and increasing. Many applications are leveraging this marked widespread, including digital interactive books. A proposal for an educational and accessible digital book reader in mobile devices is presented, focusing on people with visual impairment. An implementation was developed, aiming to complement digital accessible books for education. The work presents a digital book with support for knowledge assessing, text reading, worksheets, drawing and tactile images and maps.
Keywords :
computer aided instruction; electronic publishing; handicapped aids; mobile computing; notebook computers; smart phones; accessible educational digital book; digital interactive book; mobile devices; smartphones; tablet; visual impairment; Education; Fingers; Multimedia communication; Shape; Vibrations; Visualization; Accessibility; digital books; learning technologies; touch screen interface; visual impairment;
Journal_Title :
Consumer Electronics, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TCE.2015.7298085
