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Exploiting the Daisy Format for Automated, Single-Source Braille Publishing

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Computers Helping People with Special Needs (ICCHP 2010)

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This paper presents the background and status of the projects and discusses opportunities and challenges of the AutoBraille/NorBraille approach of using Daisy talking books as the foundation for creating well-formatted, multi-volume Braille books ready for embossing. Whereas the current R&D projects are limited to relatively simple document structures, preliminary research suggests that it will be possible to automatically process even complicated math and science titles.

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  1. Synscenter Refsnæs and Sensus ApS, Torvet 3-5, 2.tv., DK-3400, Hillerød, Denmark

    Lars Ballieu Christensen

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  1. Institut Integriert Studieren, University of Linz, Altenbergerstraße 49, 4040, Linz, Austria

    Klaus Miesenberger

  2. Studienzentrum fuer Sehgeschaedigte, Universitaet Karlsruhe (TH), Germany

    Joachim Klaus

  3. fortec - Research Group on Rehabilitation Technology, Institute integrated study, Vienna Univ. of Technology, Favoritenstr. 11/029, A 1040, Vienna, Austria

    Wolfgang Zagler

  4. University of San Francisco The Universal Math Access Lab, 281 Masonic San Francisco, CA 94117, USA

    Arthur Karshmer

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Ballieu Christensen, L. (2010). Exploiting the Daisy Format for Automated, Single-Source Braille Publishing. In: Miesenberger, K., Klaus, J., Zagler, W., Karshmer, A. (eds) Computers Helping People with Special Needs. ICCHP 2010. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 6179. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-14097-6_10

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