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Presentation 2009-03-23 15:50
An approach toward a barrier-free hospital using a Japanese-into-Braille translating server "eBraille"
Aki Sugano (Kobe Univ. Grad. Sch.), Sumiyo Hanaoka (Kobe Univ. Hosp.), Kenji Miura (Kobe Univ. Grad. Sch.), Kaoru Sagara (Seinan Jo Gakuin Univ.), Masayuki Asahara (Nara Inst. of Sci and Tech.), Mika Ohta (Kobe Univ. Grad. Sch.), Mineko Ikegami, Eiichi Maeda (Kobe Univ. Hosp.), Yuji Matsumoto (Nara Inst. of Sci and Tech.), Toshiko Ohshima (Kobe Univ. Hosp.), Yutaka Takaoka (Kobe Univ. Grad. Sch.) WIT2008-72
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(in English) To enhance barrier-free service in a hospital for the visually impaired, we developed a Japanese-into-Braille translating program for medical texts, “meBraille”. Using this program, we made two Braille pamphlets of a hospital, for outpatients and inpatients, respectively. Before translating them into Braille, we modified the original sentences which are expressed in Chinese and/or Hiragana characters, to make it more easily readable for the visually impaired: elimination of the repetition of the same contents, polite (honorific) speech terms, and passive voice to be simple, short and to the point. Then we added medical terms to the dictionary in the program for higher translation accuracy. The two pamphlets are now open to public and accessible for all visitors in the hospital.
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(in English) Barrier-free hospital / Braille / Dictionary / Medical terms / / / /  
Reference Info. IEICE Tech. Rep., vol. 108, no. 488, WIT2008-72, pp. 19-24, March 2009.
Paper # WIT2008-72 
Date of Issue 2009-03-16 (WIT) 
ISSN Print edition: ISSN 0913-5685    Online edition: ISSN 2432-6380
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Committee WIT  
Conference Date 2009-03-23 - 2009-03-25 
Place (in Japanese) (See Japanese page) 
Place (in English) Shimane Univ. 
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Conference Code 2009-03-WIT 
Language Japanese 
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Title (in English) An approach toward a barrier-free hospital using a Japanese-into-Braille translating server "eBraille" 
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Keyword(1) Barrier-free hospital  
Keyword(2) Braille  
Keyword(3) Dictionary  
Keyword(4) Medical terms  
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1st Author's Name Aki Sugano  
1st Author's Affiliation Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine (Kobe Univ. Grad. Sch.)
2nd Author's Name Sumiyo Hanaoka  
2nd Author's Affiliation Kobe University Hospital (Kobe Univ. Hosp.)
3rd Author's Name Kenji Miura  
3rd Author's Affiliation Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine (Kobe Univ. Grad. Sch.)
4th Author's Name Kaoru Sagara  
4th Author's Affiliation Seinan Jo Gakuin University (Seinan Jo Gakuin Univ.)
5th Author's Name Masayuki Asahara  
5th Author's Affiliation Nara Institute of Science and Technology (Nara Inst. of Sci and Tech.)
6th Author's Name Mika Ohta  
6th Author's Affiliation Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine (Kobe Univ. Grad. Sch.)
7th Author's Name Mineko Ikegami  
7th Author's Affiliation Kobe University Hospital (Kobe Univ. Hosp.)
8th Author's Name Eiichi Maeda  
8th Author's Affiliation Kobe University Hospital (Kobe Univ. Hosp.)
9th Author's Name Yuji Matsumoto  
9th Author's Affiliation Nara Institute of Science and Technology (Nara Inst. of Sci and Tech.)
10th Author's Name Toshiko Ohshima  
10th Author's Affiliation Kobe University Hospital (Kobe Univ. Hosp.)
11th Author's Name Yutaka Takaoka  
11th Author's Affiliation Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine (Kobe Univ. Grad. Sch.)
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Date Time 2009-03-23 15:50:00 
Presentation Time 30 minutes 
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Paper # WIT2008-72 
Volume (vol) vol.108 
Number (no) no.488 
Page pp.19-24 
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Date of Issue 2009-03-16 (WIT) 


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