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Developing Speech-Based Web Browsers for Visually Impaired Users

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Speech and Language Processing for Human-Machine Communications

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In this work, we discuss various issues and challenges related to Web Browsing by visually impaired (blind/partially blind) Web users. We also share the design and implementation details of a speech-based Web Browser developed by us for this purpose. The system has been implemented in programming language C# and .NET 4.0 Framework. Microsoft Speech API (SAPI 5.0) has been used for narration of the text and user input feedback. The objective of presenting this work is to promote developments in this neglected area to fill the wide gap between the capabilities of proprietary and freeware screen reader.

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  1. Computer Science & Engineering Department, Harcourt Butler Technological Institute, Kanpur, India

    Prabhat Verma & Raghuraj Singh

  2. Kamla Nehru Institute of Technology, Sultanpur, India

    Raghuraj Singh

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Correspondence to Prabhat Verma .

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  1. KIIT, Gurgaon, Haryana, India

    S. S. Agrawal

  2. Bhai Parmanand Institute of Business Studies, New Delhi, Delhi, India

    Amita Devi

  3. MCA Department, Bhrati Vidyapeeth’s Institute of Computer Applications and Management (BVICAM), New Delhi, Delhi, India

    Ritika Wason

  4. Maharaja Surajmal Institute of Technology, GGSIP University, New Delhi, Delhi, India

    Poonam Bansal

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Verma, P., Singh, R. (2018). Developing Speech-Based Web Browsers for Visually Impaired Users. In: Agrawal, S., Devi, A., Wason, R., Bansal, P. (eds) Speech and Language Processing for Human-Machine Communications. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 664. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-6626-9_12

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