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Use of Audio-Based Mobile Assistant for Reading Texts as Support for Blind Users

Use of Audio-Based Mobile Assistant for Reading Texts as Support for Blind Users
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Author(s): Alfonso Sánchez Orea (Universidad Veracruzana, Mexico)
Copyright: 2020
Pages: 21
Source title: User-Centered Software Development for the Blind and Visually Impaired: Emerging Research and Opportunities
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Teresita de Jesús Álvarez Robles (Universidad Veracruzana, Mexico), Francisco Javier Álvarez Rodríguez (Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes, Mexico)and Edgard Benítez-Guerrero (Universidad Veracruzana, Mexico)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-8539-8.ch008

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Abstract

In order to give visually impaired people a greater degree of inclusion in society, it is necessary to consider not only aspects related to independence in their physical mobility but also in their intellectual and labor mobility. Currently if a blind person needs information from a book, it must be previously translated in Braille language; in addition, the person must know this language or in the absence there should be the audio version. Most public and private libraries do not currently have books in Braille versions or in their absence audio books, so getting the information to perform some task is complicated. On the other hand, translating books from their original version into Braille language or its audio version is a titanic and expensive task, so in the chapter, the authors propose a technological solution based on the mobile platforms for the blind to perform this task in the place and time necessary without more resources than a Smartphone.

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