title: AUDIOMAT: an electronic newspaper for visually impaired people.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Electronics, University of Naples Federico II, Italy. pepino@biomlo.diesun.olie
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pepino
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bracale
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Liotto
mesh_terms: D003195:Computer Communication Networks; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D009524:Newspapers as Topic; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011932:Reading; D015354:Vision, Low