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We present an Integrated Multimedia Interface for the VIsually Challenged (IMIVIC), a multimedia data visualization technique for a web browser that combines a tree structure and XML metadata. We discuss two different approaches to provide an efficient multimedia interface for the blind people, which turned out to be important in the construction of IMIVIC. The first approach is the implementation of web contents with a tree structure, which integrates many different web pages into a single page. The second approach is the creation of external metadata to describe dynamically changing multimedia contents. We demonstrate our approach in an on-line training website and show how this combined approach helps visually challenged users access multimedia data on the web, with appropriate test.
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Rajasekar, V.C.S., Lee, Y., Schreur, B. (2010). Accessing Web Based Multimedia Contents for the Visually Challenged: Combined Tree Structure and XML Metadata. In: Sobh, T. (eds) Innovations and Advances in Computer Sciences and Engineering. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3658-2_80
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