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On Necessity of a New Method to Read Out Math Contents Properly in DAISY

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Computers Helping People with Special Needs (ICCHP 2010)

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The necessity of a new method for defining how to read out technical terms or mathematical formulas properly in mathematical DAISY content is discussed. Two concepts of enabling aloud reading, “Ruby” and “Yomi,” are introduced. A tentative way to assign pronunciation based on “ Ruby tag,” which will be adopted in the next version of DAISY, is proposed. Our new version of DAISY software, in which Ruby and Yomi functions are implemented, is presented. Combining this software with our optical character recognition system for mathematical documents allows both sighted and print-disabled people to easily produce and author mathematical DAISY books. Furthermore, people with various print disabilities can browse in mathematical content with enhanced navigation.

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  1. Junior College Funabashi Campus, Nihon University, 7-24-1 Narashinodai, Funabashi, Chiba, 274-8501, Japan

    Katsuhito Yamaguchi

  2. Information Technologies and Nanotechnologies (ISIT), Institute of Systems, 2-1-22 Momochihama, Sawara-ku, Fukuoka, 814-0001, Japan

    Masakazu Suzuki

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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, 94117, San Francisco, CA, USA

    Arthur Karshmer

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Yamaguchi, K., Suzuki, M. (2010). On Necessity of a New Method to Read Out Math Contents Properly in DAISY. In: Miesenberger, K., Klaus, J., Zagler, W., Karshmer, A. (eds) Computers Helping People with Special Needs. ICCHP 2010. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 6180. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-14100-3_62

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