Essential written information such as text books, bills, and catalogues needs to be accessible by everyone. However, access is not always available to vision-impaired people. As they require electronic documents to be available in specific formats. In order to address the accessibility issues of electronic documents, this research aims to design an affordable, portable, standalone and simple to use complete reading system that will convert and describe complex components in electronic documents to print disabled users

Nazemi, Azadeh

English

According to a World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) estimation,
only 5% of the world\u27s one million print titles that are published every year
are accessible to the approximately 340 million blind, visually impaired or print
disabled people. Equal access to information is a basic right of all people. Essen-
tial information such as flyers, brochures, event calendars, programs, catalogues
and booking information needs to be accessible by everyone. Information helps
people to make decisions, be involved in society and live independent lives. Ar-
ticle 21, Section 4.2. of the United Nation\u27s Convention on the rights of people
with disabilities advocates the right of blind and partially sighted people to take
control of their own lives. However, this entitlement is not always available to
them without access to information. Today, electronic documents have become
pervasive. For vision-impaired people electronic documents need to be available
in specific formats to be accessible. If these formats are not made available,
vision-impaired people are greatly disadvantaged when compared to the general
population. Therefore, addressing electronic document accessibility for them is
an extremely important concern. In order to address the accessibility issues
of electronic documents, this research aims to design an affordable, portable,
stand-alone and simple to use "Complete Reading System" to provide accessible electronic documents to vision impaired

Irish Universities

Non-visual representation of complex documents for
use in digital talking books

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Non-Visual Representation of Complex Documents for Use in Digital Talking Books

According to a World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) estimation,

only 5% of the world's one million print titles that are published every year

are accessible to the approximately 340 million blind, visually impaired or print

disabled people. Equal access to information is a basic right of all people. Essen-

tial information such as flyers, brochures, event calendars, programs, catalogues

and booking information needs to be accessible by everyone. Information helps

people to make decisions, be involved in society and live independent lives. Ar-

ticle 21, Section 4.2. of the United Nation's Convention on the rights of people

with disabilities advocates the right of blind and partially sighted people to take

control of their own lives. However, this entitlement is not always available to

them without access to information. Today, electronic documents have become

pervasive. For vision-impaired people electronic documents need to be available

in specific formats to be accessible. If these formats are not made available,

vision-impaired people are greatly disadvantaged when compared to the general

population. Therefore, addressing electronic document accessibility for them is

an extremely important concern. In order to address the accessibility issues

of electronic documents, this research aims to design an affordable, portable,

stand-alone and simple to use "Complete Reading System" to provide accessible electronic documents to vision impaired

DCU Online Research Access Service

Non-visual representation of complex documents for

use in digital talking books

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Non-Visual Representation of Complex Documents for Use in Digital Talking Books

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