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Presentation 2007-05-24 13:30
A Study on Shosaiyomi of Screen Readers -- Kanji Writing Test Using Newly Devised Shosaiyomi for Joyo Kanji --
Tetsuya Watanabe (NISE), Kanako Yoshino (Miyagi Univ. Edu.), Bunji Watanabe (Nanasawa Lighthome), Shinichi Okada (NIVR), Toshimitsu Yamaguchi (NISE), Shigeyoshi Aoki (Miyagi Univ. Edu.) WIT2007-2
Abstract (in Japanese) (See Japanese page) 
(in English) We have been conducting a series of researches to improve shosaiyomi of Kanji characters. In this report, we deal with Joyo (common use) Kanji. We mainly used the word familiarity database as an index when selecting the words to explain Kanji characters. In this way we developed a new set of shosaiyomi for 939 Joyo Kanji characters (since 1006 Educational Kanji characters are subtracted). To evaluate it, we conducted a Kanji writing test with university students as subjects. As a result, a set of shosaiyomi comprising words with higher familiarity gained a significantly higher average correct rate than another set comprising of words with lower familiarity. Thus, it becomes clear that the word familiarity database is an effective index when developing easy-to-understand shosaiyomi of Joyo Kanji for university students. In this test, we also examined another hypothesis that some words are easier to understand when presented as verbs than presented as nouns. However, the result did not support it statistically.
Keyword (in Japanese) (See Japanese page) 
(in English) Blind People / Screen Readers / Shosaiyomi / Joyo Kanji Characters / Word Familiarity / / /  
Reference Info. IEICE Tech. Rep., vol. 107, no. 61, WIT2007-2, pp. 7-12, May 2007.
Paper # WIT2007-2 
Date of Issue 2007-05-17 (WIT) 
ISSN Print edition: ISSN 0913-5685    Online edition: ISSN 2432-6380
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Committee WIT  
Conference Date 2007-05-24 - 2007-05-25 
Place (in Japanese) (See Japanese page) 
Place (in English) Ryukyu Univ. 
Topics (in Japanese) (See Japanese page) 
Topics (in English) Welfare Information in general 
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Registration To WIT 
Conference Code 2007-05-WIT 
Language Japanese 
Title (in Japanese) (See Japanese page) 
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Title (in English) A Study on Shosaiyomi of Screen Readers 
Sub Title (in English) Kanji Writing Test Using Newly Devised Shosaiyomi for Joyo Kanji 
Keyword(1) Blind People  
Keyword(2) Screen Readers  
Keyword(3) Shosaiyomi  
Keyword(4) Joyo Kanji Characters  
Keyword(5) Word Familiarity  
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1st Author's Name Tetsuya Watanabe  
1st Author's Affiliation National Institute of Special Education (NISE)
2nd Author's Name Kanako Yoshino  
2nd Author's Affiliation Miyagi University of Education (Miyagi Univ. Edu.)
3rd Author's Name Bunji Watanabe  
3rd Author's Affiliation Nanasawa Lighthome, Kanagawa Rehabilitation Center (Nanasawa Lighthome)
4th Author's Name Shinichi Okada  
4th Author's Affiliation National Institute of Vocational Rehabilitation (NIVR)
5th Author's Name Toshimitsu Yamaguchi  
5th Author's Affiliation National Institute of Special Education (NISE)
6th Author's Name Shigeyoshi Aoki  
6th Author's Affiliation Miyagi University of Education (Miyagi Univ. Edu.)
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Date Time 2007-05-24 13:30:00 
Presentation Time 30 minutes 
Registration for WIT 
Paper # WIT2007-2 
Volume (vol) vol.107 
Number (no) no.61 
Page pp.7-12 
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Date of Issue 2007-05-17 (WIT) 


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