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ICCHP 2002: Computers Helping People with Special Needs pp 463–468Cite as

Visually Impaired Persons Using Microsoft PowerPoint Presentations

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This paper deals with the experiences of the visually impaired students of computer science of our institute with Microsoft Power Point and how to improve the usability by customizing the screen reader JAWS. New opportunities and restrictions for visually handicapped persons will be discussed. Typical scenarios and some of the occurring problems to be solved will be shown.

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  1. Meyer zu Bexten, E. and Jung, M.: Teaching LATEX to blind and visually impaired students at the University of Applied Science Giessen-Friedberg. Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, 05.-10.08.2001 in New Orleans, Elsevier Science Publishers, North Holland. (2001) 953–957

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  1. Center for Visually Impaired Students (BliZ), University of Applied Sciences Giessen-Friedberg, Department of Mathematics, Computer Science and Natural Sciences, Wiesenstrasse 14, D-35390, Giessen, Germany

    Martin Jung & Erdmuthe Meyer zu Bexten

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  1. Martin Jung
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  1. SZS — Study Centre for Blind and Partially Sighted Students, Technical University of Karlsruhe, Engesserstr. 4, 76128, Karlsruhe, Germany

    Klaus Miesenberger

  2. i3s3 — integrated studying, University of Linz, Altenbergerstr. 69, 4040, Linz, Austria

    Joachim Klaus

  3. i3s3 — integrated studying, Vienna University of Technology, Favoritenstr. 11/366-1B, 1040, Wien, Austria

    Wolfgang Zagler

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Jung, M., Bexten, E.M.z. (2002). Visually Impaired Persons Using Microsoft PowerPoint Presentations. In: Miesenberger, K., Klaus, J., Zagler, W. (eds) Computers Helping People with Special Needs. ICCHP 2002. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2398. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45491-8_88

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  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45491-8_88

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