AUDIOMAT: an electronic newspaper for visually impaired people.
Electronic newspapers are now becoming available via wide-area computer networks, such as the internet. Unfortunately, the Windows-based graphical user interface of the client programs makes it difficult for visually impaired people to use such services. Furthermore, few visually impaired people have a PC. The AUDIOMAT project was designed to provide a reading system for the visually impaired, thus giving this community in the Campania region of southern Italy the opportunity to read their local newspaper. In a pilot trial, three blind subjects used the AUDIOMAT system daily for two months. Despite some minor technical problems the system performed well and a wider validation phase is now planned.
Pepino
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Department of Electronics, University of Naples Federico II, Italy. pepino@biomlo.diesun.olie
Bracale
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Liotto
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D003195:Computer Communication Networks; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D009524:Newspapers as Topic; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011932:Reading; D015354:Vision, Low