Ειδικές διεπαφές με ηλεκτρονικά συστήματα βιβλιοθηκών για άτομα με προβλήματα όρασης
| Main Author: | Δενδρινός, Μάρκος |
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| Other Authors: | Γρηγοριάδου, Σοφία Π. |
| Format: | Proceeding NonPeerReviewed application/pdf |
| Bahasa: | el |
| Terbitan: |
, 2003
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| Online Access: |
http://eprints.rclis.org/9677/1/12psab039.pdf http://eprints.rclis.org/9677/ |
Daftar Isi:
- This paper deals with the adaptation and extension of a specific interface, which has been designed and implemented in the Institute for Language and Speech Processing (ILSP) for the project "Reading Environment for the Blind" in the framework of the National Project EPET II. This interface, which has been designed for the access of persons with visual problems in the graphic environment of Windows operating system, can be used in any application running under Windows, and it can be also adapted / extended to other operating systems. An important application could be the improvement of the access of persons with visual problems to the automatic electronic services of the libraries, such as use of the On-line Public Access Catalogues (OPACs), as well as the process of resource loaning either from the specific library or from the cooperating libraries / information bases (inter-loaning). The components of the interface system are, among others, software for topological description and segmentation into elements (working windows, dialogue boxes, menus, icons, messages etc) of the open windows applications, software for recognizing the verbal elements of the screen, software for recognizing the language in which the verbal elements of the screen are written as well as "speaking them out" with a synthetic voice of the corresponding language. Concerning the speaking of the verbal elements and the acoustic information of the user about the position and the content of the objects of each open windows application, the special speech synthesis software "Ekfonitis" of ILSP has been used for Greek, whereas for the other languages respective commercial speech synthesis systems can be used. Finally, an important extension of the system can be the incorporation of a continuous speech recognition unit, which will give the user the capability to introduce his selections phonetically through a microphone instead of the keyboard. The resulted prototype will be submitted to a final control and assessment by a group of representative users, and then it will be ready to be incorporated in an integrated library management system. The contemporary trend of universal access makes such a system a very important unit of electronic access and management of information in the Academic Libraries environment.