Enhancing accessibility of web content for the print-impaired and blind people

dc.contributor.author	Χαλαμανδάρης, Αιμίλιος	el
dc.contributor.author	Ράπτης, Σπύρος	el
dc.contributor.author	Τσιάκουλης, Πύρρος	el
dc.contributor.author	Καραμπέτσος, Σωτήριος Χ.	el
dc.date.accessioned	2015-05-01T18:43:47Z
dc.date.available	2015-05-01T18:43:47Z
dc.date.issued	2015-05-01
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11400/9425
dc.rights	Αναφορά Δημιουργού-Μη Εμπορική Χρήση-Όχι Παράγωγα Έργα 3.0 Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες	*
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/	*
dc.source	http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-642-10308-7_17	el
dc.subject	Speech synthesis
dc.subject	Web accessibility
dc.subject	Προσβασιμότητα στον παγκόσμιο ιστό
dc.subject	Σύνθεση ομιλίας
dc.subject	Print-Impairment
dc.subject	Εκτύπωση-Απομείωση
dc.subject	Screen Reader
dc.subject	Αναγνώστης οθόνης
dc.title	Enhancing accessibility of web content for the print-impaired and blind people	en
heal.type	bookChapter
heal.classification	Technology
heal.classification	Electronics
heal.classification	Τεχνολογία
heal.classification	Ηλεκτρονική
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heal.classificationURI	N/A-Ηλεκτρονική
heal.keywordURI	http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85126453
heal.contributorName	Holzinger, Andreas (eds.)	en
heal.contributorName	Miesenberger, Klaus (eds.)	en
heal.identifier.secondary	Online ISBN 978-3-642-10308-7
heal.identifier.secondary	Print ISBN 978-3-642-10307-0
heal.identifier.secondary	DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-10308-7_17
heal.language	en
heal.access	campus
heal.recordProvider	Τεχνολογικό Εκπαιδευτικό Ίδρυμα Αθήνας. Σχολή Τεχνολογικών Εφαρμογών. Tμήμα Ηλεκτρονικών Μηχανικών Τ.Ε.	el
heal.publicationDate	2009
heal.bibliographicCitation	Chalamandaris, A., Raptis , S., Tsiakoulis, P. and Karabetsos, S. (2009). Enhancing accessibility of web content for the print-impaired and blind people. HCI and Usability for e-Inclusion. Springer – Verlag, pp. 249-263, 2009. Available from: http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-642-10308-7_17.	en
heal.abstract	Blind people and in general print-impaired people are often restricted to use their own computers, enhanced most often with expensive, screen reading programs, in order to access the web, and in a form that every screen reading program allows to. In this paper we present SpellCast Navi, a tool that is intended for people with visual impairments, which attempts to combine advantages from both customized and generic web enhancement tools. It consists of a generically designed engine and a set of case-specific filters. It can run on a typical web browser and computer, without the need of installing any additional application locally. It acquires and parses the content of web pages, converts bi-lingual text into synthetic speech using high quality speech synthesizer, and supports a set of common functionalities such as navigation through hotkeys, audible navigation lists and more. By using a post-hoc approach based on a-priori information of the website’s layout, the audible presentation and navigation through the website is more intuitive a more efficient than with a typical screen reading application. SpellCast Navi poses no requirements on web pages and introduces no overhead to the design and development of a website, as it functions as a hosted proxy service.	en
heal.publisher	Springer Berlin Heidelberg	el
heal.fullTextAvailability	true
heal.bookName	HCI and Usability for e-Inclusion	en