Finger-Reading System Using Speech-Output and Touch Screen Devices for Visually Impaired

• Project/Area Number: 21700574
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Rehabilitation science/Welfare engineering
• Research Institution: Tsukuba University of Technology
• Principal Investigator: KANAHORI Toshihiro 筑波技術大学, 障害者高等教育研究支援センター, 准教授 (00352568)
• Project Period (FY): 2009 – 2011
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2011)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,290,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥990,000); Fiscal Year 2011: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000); Fiscal Year 2010: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000); Fiscal Year 2009: ¥2,080,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥480,000)
• Keywords: 視覚障害 / ウェブ・アクセシビリティ / タッチディスプレイ / 読み上げ / Webアクセシビリティ / タッチパネル / 携帯端末 / 情報保障 / 支援技術 / ウェブアクセシビリティ / WAI-ARIA

Research Abstract

We developed a web application for visually impaired people, which reads aloud a word, a sentence or a paragraph by touching or clicking on a screen. We aim that a user can get information which he/she needs fast from a web page using this system. A user can randomly read words on a page read or several words of each paragraph to get if the information is on the page or not.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Fast Access to Web Pages with Finger Reading (2010)
  • Author(s): KANAHORI Toshihiro
  • Journal Title: ICCHP 2010, Computers Helping People with Special Needs Volume: vol. 1 Pages: 366-367
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Fast Access to Web Pages with Finger Reading (2010)
  • Author(s): 金堀利洋
  • Journal Title: ICCHP 2010, Computers Helping People with Special Needs Volume: 1 Pages: 366-367
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Fast Access to Web Pages with Finger Reading (2010)
  • Author(s): 金堀利洋
  • Journal Title: ICCHP 2010, Computers Helping People with Special Needs (未定)
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] Solution for PDF-to-DAISY in Math and Science (2012)
  • Author(s): 山口雄仁、金堀利洋
  • Organizer: The 27th Annual International Conference on Technology and Persons with Disabilities (CSUN)
  • Place of Presentation: マンチェスター・ハイアット・ホテル(アメリカ合衆国)
  • Year and Date: 2012-02-29
• [Presentation] Solution for PDF-to-DAISY in Math and Science (2012)
  • Author(s): 山口雄仁、金堀利洋
  • Organizer: The 27th Annual International Conference on Technology and Persons with Disabilities
  • Place of Presentation: アメリカ合衆国
  • Year and Date: 2012-02-29
• [Presentation] Fast Access to Web Pages with Finger Reading (2010)
  • Author(s): 金堀利洋
  • Organizer: ICCHP 2010
  • Place of Presentation: ウィーン工科大学(オーストリア)
  • Year and Date: 2010-07-16
• [Presentation] Fast Access to Web Pages with Finger Reading (2010)
  • Author(s): 金堀利洋
  • Organizer: ICCHP 2010, Computers Helping People with Special Needs
  • Place of Presentation: ウィーン工科大学(オーストリア)
  • Year and Date: 2010-07-16
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