DocumentCode
3608285
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
Volume
61
Issue
3
fYear
2015
Firstpage
271
Lastpage
278
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;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Consumer Electronics, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0098-3063
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TCE.2015.7298085
Filename
7298085
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