| Budget Amount *help |
¥3,700,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,700,000)
Fiscal Year 2005: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000)
Fiscal Year 2004: ¥2,400,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,400,000)
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| Research Abstract |
We studied the possibility on e-learning and distance learning which the sight-or-hearing handicapped people could participate, and investigated the environment including human interfaces, system necessities, and teaching materials contents and to clarify failure compensation mechanism they need. However this time, we researched the cases mainly for the visually handicapped by various circumstances. It was not possible to arrange the very sufficient research environment for the hearing impaired, and farther investigation and research should be carried out as future problem.
Concretely, we installed an e-learning system, connected various interface devices for the visually handicapped, installed some software for blind people, and carried out various experiments as follows to extract and evaluate the problem of the existing e-learning system.
1.Construction of server system and Web page for testing and operating the e-learning system
OS : RedHatLinux9, Web server : Apache2, language : PHP,
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database : MySQL, Blogsystem : Nucleus, Home page builder8 + e-learning teaching material preparation extension.
2.Installation and construction of e-learning system
We adopted the exCampus system that Univ.of Tokyo and NIME (media education development center) developed and distributed, and utilized it as the experimental system.
3.Installation of human interface equipments and software, and utilization experiment Braille printer, pin-matrix graphic display, braille pin display : BrailleMemoBM24, force feedback display, screen reader (XP-Reader), home page reader : IBM HPR3.01.
As the result, following matters were clarified.
(1)Possibility and problems in information compensation for the visually impaired user
(2)Investigation/installation of new interface for visual impairment compensation, and system development
(3)The requirement in research of concrete human interface which the visually handicapped people can utilize, and how to make the teaching material contents and how to use authoring tools Less
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