title: New Tools to Convert PDF Math Contents into Accessible e-Books Efficiently.
abstract: New features in our math-OCR software to convert PDF math contents into accessible e-books are shown. A method for recognizing PDF is thoroughly improved. In addition, contents in any selected area including math formulas in a PDF file can be cut and pasted into a document in various accessible formats, which is automatically recognized and converted into texts and accessible math formulas through this process. Combining it with our authoring tool for a technical document, one can easily produce accessible e-books in various formats such as DAISY, accessible EPUB3, DAISY-like HTML5, Microsoft Word with math objects and so on. Those contents are useful for various print-disabled students ranging from the blind to the dyslexic.
authors: Institute of Mathematics for Industry, Kyushu University, Japan.
authors: Masakazu
authors: M
authors: Suzuki
authors: NPO: Science Accessibility Net, Japan.
authors: Yugo
authors: Y
authors: Terada
authors: Research and Support Center, Tsukuba University of Technology, Japan.
authors: Toshihiro
authors: T
authors: Kanahori
authors: Junior College Funabashi Campus, Nihon University, Japan.
authors: Katsuhito
authors: K
authors: Yamaguchi
mesh_terms: D004410:Dyslexia / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D006801:Humans; D008433:Mathematics; D011643:Publishing; D012984:Software; D013782:Textbooks as Topic; D014584:User-Computer Interface