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Assistive Technology for Disabled Persons
International Conference on Recent Advances in Computer Systems (RACS 2015) Assistive Technology for Disabled Persons Aslam Muhammad1, Warda Ahmad2, Tooba Maryam3, Sidra Anwar4 Department of CS &, U. E. T., Lahore, Pakistan ([email protected], [email protected], [email protected]) Martinez Enriquez A. M. Center of Investigation and Advanced Studies (CINVESTAV), D.F. Mexico ([email protected]) Abstract: Assistive technology aims to serve the disabled access Information Technology (IT) – e.g., Braille display, people, who are unable to do their daily routines with ease. Screen readers, voice recognition programs, speech Despite the emphasis on mechanics and the rapid proliferation synthesizer, screen magnifier, teletypewriters conversion of modern devices, little is known about the specific uses of such modem, etc. [30]. These gadgets can include hardware, gadgets introduced now-a-days. Guardians of fully/partially software, and peripherals that assist people with disabilities. sighted and handicapped persons remain indecisive in making selection of required tools. Thus, the purpose of this work is to Almost all the famous operating systems like Windows, help people in choosing the best suited widgets for them. We Linux, and Solaris, etc. have some build-in accessibility conduct a parameterized review and a systematic analysis of features for disabled people e.g. Narrator, Vinux and Windows and Linux based assistive artificial supporting agents. complete mouseless access to the desktop respectively. This study is carried out to show the currently available Along with these build-in features they also provide support assistive crafts, their working, effectiveness, performance, and to wide range of assistive technologies available cost. On this basis of the review, recommendations are given to commercially and for free. -
Editorial Overview So Sebastian Stood up and Exhorted Us, Challenged Us (While We Were Between Speakers) to Do Something About It
TUGboat, Volume 20 (1999), No. 3 155 ber of submissions was still rather ... euh ... low. Editorial Overview So Sebastian stood up and exhorted us, challenged us (while we were between speakers) to do something about it. Vancouver in August It took about half an hour but then there was a steady stream of quiet little walks to Sebastian’s end This year’s annual meeting (my first since 1995 in of the hall, a quick smile, a piece of paper changed Florida) had the papers, the attendees, the locale, hands ... and then the speaker’s eyes could return and the weather all vying for my attention. Every to the matter at hand. And thus a Poetry Reading day. It was a fantastic site: that West Coast mourn- in the Rose Garden was organised for that evening, fulness that comes of rain on huge fir trees for the and the results were unparalleled! You may have opening few days and then brilliant sunshine for the heard tales of “inspired” readings—it’s all true! Un- rest of the week, making the color contrasts outside fortunately, all we can reproduce here are the words. more like a paintbox than a conference site! The website has all the poems, all the pictures, and And then there were the papers! Oh yes. Alpha- all the prizes. \acro bet-soup time, folks. We have more sthan There was further mirth and enjoyment at do- ever, it seems: XML,MathML, EPS, DVIPDF, PDF, ing non-TEX things on the evening of the Banquet, HTML, CD-ROM .. -
Abstracts Ing XML Information
394 TUGboat, Volume 20 (1999), No. 4 new precise meanings assigned old familar words.Such pairings are indispensable to those who must work in both languages — or those who must translate from one into the other! The specification covers 90 pages, the introduction another 124.And this double issue has still more: a comparison between SGML and XML, an introduction to Document Object Models (interfaces for XML doc- uments), generating MathML in Omega, a program to generate MathML-encoded mathematics, and finally, the issue closes with a translation of the XML FAQ (v.1.5, June 1999), maintained by Peter Flynn. In all, over 300 pages devoted to XML. Michel Goossens, XML et XSL : unnouveau d´epart pour le web [XML and XSL:Anewventure for the Web]; pp. 3–126 Late in1996, the W3C andseveral major soft- ware vendors decided to define a markup language specifically optimized for the Web: XML (eXtensible Markup Language) was born. It is a simple dialect of SGML, which does not use many of SGML’s seldom- used and complex functions, and does away with most limitations of HTML. After anintroduction to the XML standard, we describe XSL (eXtensible Stylesheet Language) for presenting and transform- Abstracts ing XML information. Finally we say a few words about other recent developments in the XML arena. [Author’s abstract] LesCahiersGUTenberg As mentioned in the editorial, this article is intended Contents of Double Issue 33/34 to be read in conjunction with the actual specification, (November 1999) provided later in the same issue. Michel Goossens, Editorial´ : XML ou la d´emocratisationdu web [Editorial: XML or, the Sarra Ben Lagha, Walid Sadfi and democratisationof the web]; pp. -
Improving the Representation and Conversion of Mathematical Formulae by Considering Their Textual Context
Erschienen in: Proceedings of the 18th ACM/IEEE on Joint Conference on Digital Libraries - JCDL '18 / Chen, Jiangping et al. (Hrsg.). - New York : ACM Press, 2018. - S. 233-242. - ISBN 978-1-4503-5178-2 https://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3197026.3197058 Improving the Representation and Conversion of Mathematical Formulae by Considering their Textual Context Moritz Schubotz1, André Greiner-Petter1, Philipp Scharpf1, Norman Meuschke1, Howard S. Cohl2, Bela Gipp1 1Information Science Group, University of Konstanz, Germany ([email protected]) 2Applied and Computational Mathematics Division, NIST, U.S.A. ([email protected]) ABSTRACT Moritz Schubotz1, André Greiner-Petter1, Philipp Scharpf1, Norman Mathematical formulae represent complex semantic information 1 2 1 in a concise form. Especially in Science, Technology, Engineering, Meuschke , Howard S. Cohl , Bela Gipp and Mathematics, mathematical formulae are crucial to commu- nicate information, e.g., in scientific papers, and to perform com- putations using computer algebra systems. Enabling computers to access the information encoded in mathematical formulae requires machine-readable formats that can represent both the presentation and content, i.e., the semantics, of formulae. Exchanging such infor- 1 INTRODUCTION mation between systems additionally requires conversion methods In STEM disciplines, i.e., Science, Technology, Engineering, and for mathematical representation formats. We analyze how the se- Mathematics, mathematical formulae are ubiquitous and crucial to mantic enrichment of formulae improves the format conversion communicate information in documents, such as scientific papers, process and show that considering the textual context of formulae and to perform computations in computer algebra systems (CAS). reduces the error rate of such conversions. Our main contributions Mathematical formulae represent complex semantic information are: (1) providing an openly available benchmark dataset for the in a concise form that is independent of natural language. -
Microsoft Office 2010 with JAWS and Magic, an Introduction
Microsoft Office 2010 with JAWS and MAGic, an Introduction In this module we will look at the Ribbon and several other features in Microsoft Office 2010. Most of the menus in Office have been replaced by what is now called a ribbon. The Office menu, formerly the File menu, now opens in a new environment for Office 2010 called the Backstage View. The Office Backstage view is where you manage your files and the data about them. It is where you do things TO a file, as opposed to doing things IN a file. NOTE: Even though the menus have been replaced by the ribbon, there are still many of the dialog boxes you might be familiar with in Office products. You just have to know how to get to them. One way is to use Dialog Launchers, mentioned further in this module. However, if you still remember the keystrokes from previous versions of Office that you pressed to do certain tasks, those keystrokes still work, in most cases. The problem is that if you don't remember the keystrokes, you won't have the menus to fall back on. I'll talk more about this later. In Outlook® 2007 menus were only present in the main Outlook program window, and the ribbons were present in individual Outlook message windows. In Outlook 2010 the entire program has been ribbonized. Description of the Screen for Microsoft Word 2010, an Overview The screen consists of the following items, from top to bottom: • Title bar • The Ribbon o The upper part of the ribbon, what would be row two of the screen, consists of Ribbon Tabs. -
TEX/LATEX, Mathml, Tex4ht: Essential Tools for Creating Accessible Documents
TEX/LATEX, MathML, TeX4ht: essential tools for creating accessible documents Jacek Polewczak [email protected] Mathematics, CSU Northridge, CA 91330 USA TEX/LATEX, MathML, – p. 1 The goals Assembly of the tools for creating (ADA/508 compliant) accessible documents, including text, math, graphics, and field oriented (chemistry, physics, law, music); TEX/LATEX, MathML, – p. 2 The goals Assembly of the tools for creating (ADA/508 compliant) accessible documents, including text, math, graphics, and field oriented (chemistry, physics, law, music); Delivery of platforms’ specific (Linux, Mac, Windows) tools to the faculty/students through: TEX/LATEX, MathML, – p. 2 The goals Assembly of the tools for creating (ADA/508 compliant) accessible documents, including text, math, graphics, and field oriented (chemistry, physics, law, music); Delivery of platforms’ specific (Linux, Mac, Windows) tools to the faculty/students through: ISO images for CD/DVD burning available on a CSUN server, TEX/LATEX, MathML, – p. 2 The goals Assembly of the tools for creating (ADA/508 compliant) accessible documents, including text, math, graphics, and field oriented (chemistry, physics, law, music); Delivery of platforms’ specific (Linux, Mac, Windows) tools to the faculty/students through: ISO images for CD/DVD burning available on a CSUN server, master copies available for CD/DVD duplication, TEX/LATEX, MathML, – p. 2 The goals Assembly of the tools for creating (ADA/508 compliant) accessible documents, including text, math, graphics, and field oriented (chemistry, physics, law, music); Delivery of platforms’ specific (Linux, Mac, Windows) tools to the faculty/students through: ISO images for CD/DVD burning available on a CSUN server, master copies available for CD/DVD duplication, online downloading of particular packages; TEX/LATEX, MathML, – p. -
Using Common Accessibility & Adaptability Software with Citrix
White Paper Using Common Accessibility & Adaptability Software with Citrix XenApp Installation, configuration and best-practices when using Window- Eyes, JAWS and MAGic with Citrix XenApp (Presentation Server 4.5) Accessibility and adaptability software is a subset of assistive electronic and information technologies (generally software and/or hardware products) typically used by people with disabilities or impairments, enabling them to perform tasks that they were formerly unable to accomplish, or had great difficulty accomplishing. Such disabilities or impairments include, but are not limited to, cognitive impairments, learning disabilities, visual impairments, deafness and hearing loss. This document indicates the necessary installation, configuration and usage steps necessary to successfully virtualize and use the following accessibility software with Citrix XenApp (Presentation Server 4.5). Window-Eyes from GW Micro JAWS from Freedom Scientific MAGic from Freedom Scientific The XenApp environment tested was XenApp 4.5 Platinum edition (server virtualized on Citrix XenServer) with the 10.2 version of Citrix Program Neighborhood (Citrix XenApp client). Window-Eyes (GW Micro) Window-Eyes is screen reader software that makes a computer usable by someone who is blind or has visual impairment. It "reads" information by communicating directly with applications or by gathering information from the display adapter and the Microsoft Windows operating system. It then "speaks" it out loud through a speech synthesizer or sound card, or presents tactile information through a refreshable Braille display. Installation Window-Eyes software must be installed on both the XenApp server and the client (local) workstation connecting to the XenApp server. Use the default installation options in both instances. 2 Configuration After installation, enable the ICA virtual channels by selecting (from the windows Start Menu) Programs > Window-Eyes > Advanced Options > Virtual Channel Maintenance. -
Mathml Slides
MathML 1 Mathematical Typesetting ● Mathematical typesetting differs in significant ways from typesetting of ordinary text. ● Mathematical typesetting uses a different font with different spacing between characters than ordinary typesetting. ● It is frequently not line-oriented. ● It has complex alignments both horizontally and vertically. ● It uses a huge character set. ● It has some symbols that change size and have other typesetting around them that depend on the situation 2 XML ● XML stands for Extensible Markup Language. It represents yet another effort by the W3C to divorce content from presentation. Whereas CSS allows us to take most formatting out of a document, but continues to require a restricted set of typesetting commands concerning the structure of the document, XML removes most of the restrictions on the structural commands. XML allows an author to determine the structure of a document, create tags to describe that structure, and leave all the formatting for later. ● XML has a stricter syntax than HTML, but really has very few rules. The only requirements for a well-formed XML file are as follows: 1. Every opening XML tag must have a corresponding closing tag: for example <tag> must be followed by </tag>. 2. Tags must be nested properly. The last tag to open must be the first to close. 3. <tag/> is considered to be equivalent to <tag></tag>. 4. There must be one tag, called the root tag, which does not appear in the content of any other tag. 3 XML ● What are the tags? That is up to us. We can define the tags, their relationship to each other, and the way in which their content will be formatted on a page. -
Authoring Web Pages with Mathml for Cross-Browser Display
Authoring Web Pages with MathML for Cross-browser Display Presented by: Bob Mathews Design Science, Inc. AMATYC 2005 2 3 4 5 view: transformed source | original source same page viewed in Firefox 1.5 XHTML + MathML Sample Page This page demonstrates the new MathPlayer 2.0 support for XHTML + MathML pages. It renders properly in Internet Explorer 6 with MathPlayer 2.0, Netscape 7+, Mozilla 1.4+, and Firefox 1.0+. Here is a sample equation: 1 lim x→∞ x You can use this as a template for creating your own interoperable XHTML + MathML pages. <?xml version="1.0"?> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1 plus MathML 2.0//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/MathML2/dtd/xhtml-math11- f.dtd" [ <!ENTITY mathml "http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> ]> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <title>XHTML + MathML Sample Page</title> </head> <body> <h1>XHTML + MathML Sample Page</h1> <p>This page demonstrates the new MathPlayer 2.0 support for XHTML + MathML pages. It renders properly in Internet Explorer 6 with MathPlayer 2.0, Netscape 7+, and Mozilla 1.4+.</p> <p>Here is a sample equation:</p> <math display="block" xmlns="&mathml;"> <mi>g</mi> <mrow><mo>(</mo><mi>x</mi><mo>)</mo></mrow> <mo>=</mo> <mrow> <mfrac> <mi>α</mi> <mi>x</mi> </mfrac> <mo>+</mo> <mfrac> <mn>1</mn> <mn>2</mn> </mfrac> </mrow> </math> <p>You can use this as a template for creating your own interoperable XHTML + MathML pages.</p> </body> </html> <?xml version="1.0"?> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:m="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <head> <OBJECT ID="mathplayer" CLASSID="clsid:32F66A20-7614-11D4-BD11-00104BD3F987"> <!--comment required to prevent this becoming an empty tag--> </OBJECT> <?IMPORT NAMESPACE="m" IMPLEMENTATION="#mathplayer" ?> <title>XHTML + MathML Sample Page</title> When MathPlayer detects the proper DOCTYPE declaration, it automatically </head> adds the object tag, processing instruction, and namespace prefix. -
Firefox OS Web Apps for Science
Firefox OS Web Apps for Science Raniere Silva and Frédéric Wang Mozilla MathML Project June 10, 2014 Abstract In this document, we describe recent work made by the Mozilla MathML team to help publishing scientific content using Web technologies. We focus on the Firefox OS platform currently being developed by Mozilla that provides a good framework to create mathematical user interfaces on mobile devices. Contents 1 The Web Platform 3 1.1 Overview ............................................... 3 1.2 Basic HTML5 Features ........................................ 3 1.3 Styling of Mathematics ........................................ 4 1.4 TeXZilla ................................................ 4 1.5 Advanced HTML5 Features ..................................... 5 2 Firefox OS 6 2.1 Overview ............................................... 6 2.2 Math Suite .............................................. 6 2.3 Math Cheat Sheet .......................................... 7 2.4 TeXZilla App ............................................. 7 2.5 DynAlgebra .............................................. 8 A The Web Platform 12 A.1 1-mathml-in-html ........................................... 12 A.2 2-mathml-in-svg ........................................... 12 A.3 3-mathml-javascript ......................................... 12 A.4 4-mathml-fonts ............................................ 13 A.5 5-canvas ................................................ 15 A.6 6-mathml-in-webgl .......................................... 15 A.7 7-web-component .......................................... -
Mathml Applications Neil Soiffer, Design Science Inc
MathML Applications Neil Soiffer, Design Science Inc Browsers o Internet Explorer + MathPlayer o Firefox and other Mozilla based browsers (eg, Netscape 7) o Amaya Browser Plug-ins, Scripts and Extensions o Abacus abacus.mozdev.org Extension for Mozilla-based applications for writing and editing MathML expressions. o ASCIIMathML www1.chapman.edu/~jipsen/asciimath.html JavaScript allows incorporating mathematical formulas on webpages using a simple linear math notation. o GtkMathView-Bonobo helm.cs.unibo.it/software/gtkmathview-bonobo Bonobo (GNOME) wrapper for GtkMathView which allows GtkMathView to be embedded inside Bonobo applications. GtkMathView is a C++ rendering engine for MathML documents. o MathPlayer www.dessci.com/en/products/mathplayer MathML display engine for Internet Explorer. o Techexplorer www.integretechpub.com/techexplorer Renders TeX, LaTeX, and MathML. Java APIs provide programmatic access to techexplorer and document properties. o WebEQ www.dessci.com/en/products/webeq Toolkit (edit, view, graph, evaluate) for building web pages that include interactive math. o webMathematica www.wolfram.com/products/webmathematica Enables creation of web sites that allow users to compute (using Mathematica) and visualize results directly from a web browser. Scientific Computation o jscl-meditor jscl-meditor.sourceforge.net Java symbolic computing library and a mathematical front-end to access it. Exports MathML. o Maple www.maplesoft.com/products/maple Symbolic and numeric computation system with support for importing and exporting MathML. o Mathcad www.adeptscience.co.uk/products/mathsim/mathcad Numerical and graphical scratchpad that supports MathML export. o Mathematica www.wolfram.com Technical computing system with high-quality mathematical typesetting and editing with support for importing and exporting MathML. -
Comparison of Jaws and Nvda As Assistive Technology for College Students with Special Needs at Universitas Negeri Surabaya
Jurnal Pendidikan Inklusi Volume 3 Nomor 2 Tahun 2020 Halaman: 136-146 e-ISSN: 2580-9806 COMPARISON OF JAWS AND NVDA AS ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS AT UNIVERSITAS NEGERI SURABAYA Dhany Ershanty Pendidikan Luar Biasa, Fakultas Ilmu Pendidikan, Universitas Negeri Surabaya [email protected] Sindu Sony Wibisono, Tri Budi Sasongko, Fairus Niratama Pendidikan Luar Biasa, Fakultas Ilmu Pendidikan, Universitas Negeri Surabaya [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] Abstrak Teknologi Asistif adalah poin penting yang tidak dapat dilepaskan dari Mahasiswa dengan Kebutuhan Khusus sebagai saran pendukung dalam perkuliahan. Ini juga berdasarkan Pasal 5 ayat (2) huruf g Permendikbud nomor 46 tahun 2014; di mana salah satu dari mereka menyebutkan bahwa universitas harus memiliki buku bicara. untuk Mahasiswa Berkebutuhan Khusus aplikasi adalah dukungan dalam kegiatan sehari-hari, terutama dalam proses perkuliahan untuk memfasilitasi siswa ini dalam memproses informasi yang disampaikan dalam proses diskusi. Beberapa aplikasi yang digunakan oleh Mahasiswa Berkebutuhan Khusus terutama tunanetra adalah JAWS dan NVDA. JAWS sendiri adalah Job Access With Speech yang merupakan aplikasi pembaca layar atau (screen reader) adalah perangkat lunak untuk membantu orang buta mengoperasikan komputer atau PC. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif dengan subjek lima siswa tunanetra. Teknik pengumpulan data melalui wawancara dan observasi. dari hasil studi lima subjek mayoritas menggunakan kombinasi dua aplikasi pada perangkat. Hasil menemukan analisis bahwa kedua aplikasi tidak mempengaruhi hasil belajar dan tidak ada yang lebih efektif, kedua aplikasi mendukung secara bersamaan ketika digunakan baik offline maupun online. Kata Kunci: Tunanetra, teknologi asistif, pembaca layar, JAWS , NVDA Abstract Assistant technology is an important point that cannot be released from College Students with Special Needs as supporting advice in the lecture.