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Maps Sonification System Using Digitiser for Visually Impaired Children

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Presentation of graphical information is key problem during teaching of visually impaired children. The developed system is devoted for investigation of graphical information by blind user using a digitiser. SVG language with additional elements is used for describing of maps. Non-speech sounds are used to transfer information about colour. Alerting sound signals is issued near two regions boundary.

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  1. Siauliai University, 76353, 141 Vilniaus Str., Siauliai, Lithuania

    Gintautas Daunys & Vidas Lauruska

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  1. Gintautas Daunys
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  1. Institut Integriert Studieren, Johannes Kepler Universität, Altenbergerstraße 69, 4040, Linz, Austria

    Klaus Miesenberger

  2. Studienzentrum fuer Sehgeschaedigte, Universitaet Karlsruhe (TH), Germany

    Joachim Klaus

  3. fortec - Research Group on Rehabilitation Technology, Institute integrated study, Vienna Univ. of Technology, Favoritenstr. 11/029, A 1040, Vienna, Austria

    Wolfgang L. Zagler

  4. The Universal Math Access Lab, University of San Francisco, 281 Masonic San Francisco, 94117, CA, USA

    Arthur I. Karshmer

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Daunys, G., Lauruska, V. (2006). Maps Sonification System Using Digitiser for Visually Impaired Children. In: Miesenberger, K., Klaus, J., Zagler, W.L., Karshmer, A.I. (eds) Computers Helping People with Special Needs. ICCHP 2006. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 4061. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11788713_3

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  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/11788713_3

  • Publisher Name: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg

  • Print ISBN: 978-3-540-36020-9

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