Research on the computerized system to make scientific materials barrier-free for people with various print disabilities

2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 22330264
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Special needs education
• Research Institution: Nihon University Junior College
• Principal Investigator: YAMAGUCHI Katsuhito 日本大学短期大学部, その他部局等, 教授 (00182428)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): SUZUKI Masakazu (財)九州先端科学技術研究所, プロジェクト推進部, 研究員 (20112302)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): KAWANE Fukashi 日本大学短期大学部, 一般教育, 講師 (90234088) ; KOMADA Toshihiko 日本大学短期大学部, 総合学科, 講師 (30360316) ; 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): 2010-04-01 – 2014-03-31
• Keywords: インクルージョン / DAISY / 科学教育 / 視覚障害 / 発達性読字障害 / OCR / 触読図 / デジタル教科書

Research Abstract

The improvement of OCR technology for converting math/scientific documents in print or PDF into DAISY (Digital Accessible Information System), which is an accessible e-book format, and the development of software to browse/author those DAISY contents have been studied. The improvement of DAISY itself also has been accomplished so that it can treat math/science textbooks in Japanese properly.
Consequently, basis to enable various print-disabled students such as the blind, the severe low-vision and the dyslexia to share the same math/scientific materials with sighted people in inclusive educational environment have been established.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Development of a New System to Produce DAISY Textbooks for Math and Science from PDF (2013)
  • Author(s): Katsuhito Yamaguchi, Toshihiro Kanahori, and Masakazu Suzuki
  • Journal Title: Assistive Technology Research Series, Vol. 33: Assistive Technology : From Research to Practice Volume: vol. 33 Pages: 684-689
  • DOI: 10.3233/978-1-61499-304-9-684
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Accessible Authoring Tool for DAISY Ranging from Mathematics to Others (2012)
  • Author(s): Katsuhito Yamaguchi, and Masakazu Suzuki
  • Journal Title: 13th International Confer- ence on Computers Helping People with Special Needs, Lecture Notes in Computer Sciences, Springer Volume: 7382 Pages: 130-137
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Problems in Producing Japanese DAISY Mathematical Content and a Solution for Them (2012)
  • Author(s): Katsuhito Yamaguchi, and Masakazu Suzuki
  • Journal Title: Proc. International Workshop on "Digitiz- ation and E-Inclusion in Mathematics and Science 2012 (DEIMS12) Pages: 115-120
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] On Necessity of a New Method to Read Out Math Contents Properly in DAISY (2010)
  • Author(s): Katsuhito Yamaguchi, and Masakazu Suzuki
  • Journal Title: 12th International Conference on Computers Helping People with Special Needs, Lecture Notes in Computer Sciences, Springer Volume: 6180 Pages: 415-422
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] DAISY Kindergarten Books and Rocket Science Journals (2010)
  • Author(s): John A. Gardner, Carolyn K Gardner, Vladimir Bulatov, Blake Jones, Elizabeth Jones, Robert A. Kelly, Masakazu Suzuki, and Katsuhito Yamaguchi
  • Journal Title: 12th International Conference on Computers Helping People with Special Needs, Lecture Notes in Computer Sciences, Springer Volume: 6179 Pages: 53-56
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] How Math-Access Tools with Speech Should Be (2013)
  • Author(s): Katsuhito Yamaguchi, and Toshihiro Kanahori
  • Organizer: Proc. 28th CSUN Annual International Technology & Persons with Disabilities Conference, BLV-036
  • Place of Presentation: San Diego, USA
  • Year and Date: 2013-03-01
• [Presentation] DAISY形式の日本語理数系教材が抱える諸問題 (2012)
  • Author(s): 山口雄仁,鈴木昌和
  • Organizer: 電子情報通信学会福祉工学研究会
  • Place of Presentation: 新潟大学
  • Year and Date: 2012-05-25
• [Presentation] ICCHP Summer University (2012)
  • Author(s): Dominique Archambault, John Gardner, Katsuhito Yamaguchi, et al
  • Organizer: 27th CSUN Annual International Technology & Persons with Disabilities Conference
  • Place of Presentation: San Diego, USA
  • Year and Date: 2012-03-02
• [Presentation] Solution for PDF-to-DAISY in Math and Science (2012)
  • Author(s): Katsuhito Yamaguchi, and Masakazu Suzuki
  • Organizer: 27th CSUN Annual International Technology & Persons with Disabilities Conference
  • Place of Presentation: San Diego, USA
  • Year and Date: 2012-02-29
• [Presentation] 日本語テキストDAISY算数・数学コンテンツが抱える課題とその解決方法 (2011)
  • Author(s): 山口雄仁,鈴木昌和
  • Organizer: 日本特殊教育学会第49回大会
  • Place of Presentation: 弘前大学
  • Year and Date: 2011-09-23
• [Presentation] How Infty Software Makes Mathematical Formulas and Tables Accessible in DAISY (2011)
  • Author(s): Katsuhito Yamaguchi, and Masakazu Suzuki
  • Organizer: 26th CSUN Annual International Technology & Persons with Disabilities Conference
  • Place of Presentation: San Diego, USA
  • Year and Date: 2011-03-16
• [Presentation] Technologies and Activities of the Science Accessibil- ity Net to Improve Math and Science accessibility for Visually Disabled Students (2010)
  • Author(s): Masakazu Suzuki, Katsuhito Yamaguchi, and Fukashi Kawane
  • Organizer: Seventh International Conference On Higher Education And Disability
  • Place of Presentation: Innsbruck, Austria
  • Year and Date: 2010-07-20
• [Remarks] The International Workshop on "Digitiz- ation and E-Inclusion in Mathematics and Science 2012 (DEIMS12)"
  • URL: http://www.gaea.jcn.nihon-u.ac.jp/deims12/