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Online Graphics for the Blind: Intermediate Format Generation for Graphic Categories

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We describe a general framework for generating tactile and multimodal graphics from various sources. The key module to generate the intermediate format for a specific graphic category is illustrated by example.

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  1. Department of Computer Science, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON, N6A 5B7, Canada

    Roopa Bose & Helmut Jürgensen

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  1. Institute Integriert Studieren, Universität Linz, Linz, Austria

    Klaus Miesenberger

  2. Rehabilitationswissenschaften, Technische Universität Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany

    Christian Bühler

  3. Masaryk University , Brno, Czech Republic

    Petr Penaz

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Bose, R., Jürgensen, H. (2016). Online Graphics for the Blind: Intermediate Format Generation for Graphic Categories. In: Miesenberger, K., Bühler, C., Penaz, P. (eds) Computers Helping People with Special Needs. ICCHP 2016. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 9758. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-41264-1_29

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