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Proposal of a translation system for Braille such as class materials to support volunteers of blind students

Research Project

Project/Area Number 17K01097
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field Educational technology
Research InstitutionKinjo University

Principal Investigator

Shimomura Yuko  金城大学, 社会福祉学部, 教授 (70171006)

Project Period (FY) 2017-04-01 – 2020-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2019)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,640,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥840,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Keywords視覚障害学生支援 / 墨字翻訳 / 全盲学生支援 / 墨字点訳 / 点訳システム / 点字翻訳
Outline of Final Research Achievements

Our aim is to provide Braille students with the necessary Braille books promptly for blind students. For that, we used the Python language to convert it to Braille grammar. The conversion from Japanese to Braille was done using a parsing tool MeCab. However, the morpheme segmentation of MeCab was inaccurate, and we examined other methods that are not syntactic tools. As a result, we decided to create a translation program using AI Deep Learning. The data and analysis results used so far can be used as AI training data. Although the AI system we created is still part, the translation result was 99.86% correct. We will continue our research and aim to complete the system.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

覚障害学生にとって点字教科書や参考書はどうしても必要なものであるが、ソフト開発業者は収益が上がらないソフトウエアは開発しない。間違わずに点訳できるボランティア熟練者は少ない。点字文法は複雑で難しいうえに、時々変更される。熟練者は高齢であり、どんどん減っていく。コンピュータで100%翻訳させることが理想であるが、まだ行われていない。そのため今回は日本語形態素解析ツールやAIのDeep Learningを用いた。最新ITを用いることで、今までより、より100%に近づけることができた。

Report

(4 results)
  • 2019 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2018 Research-status Report
  • 2017 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (10 results)

All 2019 2018 2017

All Journal Article (5 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 5 results) Presentation (5 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 3 results)

  • [Journal Article] Braille translation system using neural machine translation technology 1 - Code conversion -2019

    • Author(s)
      Yuko Shimomura, Hiroyuki Kawabe, Hidetaka Nambo and Shuichi Seto
    • Journal Title

      Proceeding of the 13th International Conference on Management Science and Engineering Management

      Volume: - Pages: 335-345

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] The translation system from Japanese into Braille by using MeCab2018

    • Author(s)
      Yuko Shimomura, Hiroyuki Kawabe, Hidetaka Nambo and Shuichi Seto
    • Journal Title

      Proceeding of the 12th International Conference on Management Science and Engineering Management

      Volume: 1 Pages: 1125-1134

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Development of a system that beginner volunteers can translate Japanese into Braille2018

    • Author(s)
      Yuko Shimomura, Hiroyuki Kawabe, Shuichi Seto, Hidetaka Nambo
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of the Asia Pacific Industrial Engineering & Management Systems Conference

      Volume: 1 Pages: 1-5

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Constraction of Restoration System for Old Books Written in Braille2017

    • Author(s)
      Yuko Shimomura, Hiroyuki Kawabe, Hidetaka Nambo, Shuichi Seto
    • Journal Title

      Proceeding of the Eleventh International Conference on Management Science and Engineering Management

      Volume: 11 Pages: 469-477

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Braille translation system in Japan -Past and Now-2017

    • Author(s)
      Yuko Shimomura, Hiroyuki Kawabe, Shuichi Seto, Hidetaka Nambo
    • Journal Title

      Proceeding of the 18th Asia Pacific Industrial Engineering and Management Systems

      Volume: 18

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] Braille translation system using neural machine translation technology 1 - Code conversion -2019

    • Author(s)
      Yuko Shimomura
    • Organizer
      The 13th International Conference on Management Science and Engineering Management
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] The translation system from Japanese into Braille by using MeCab2018

    • Author(s)
      Yuko Shimomura
    • Organizer
      The 12th International Conference on Management Science and Engineering Management
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Development of a system that beginner volunteers can translate Japanese into Braille2018

    • Author(s)
      Yuko Shimomura
    • Organizer
      The Asia Pacific Industrial Engineering & Management Systems Conference
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Constraction of Restoration System for Old Books Written in Braille2017

    • Author(s)
      Yuko Shimomura
    • Organizer
      The Eleventh International Conference on Management Science and Engineering Management
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Braille translation system in Japan -Past and Now-2017

    • Author(s)
      Yuko Shimomura
    • Organizer
      The 18th Asia Pacific Industrial Engineering and Management Systems Conference
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report

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Published: 2017-04-28   Modified: 2021-02-19  

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