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Presentation 2020-03-15 13:50
Development of the Pen-based Smart Tablet with Finger-tracing Reading system for People with Acquired Visual Disabilities
Kimiyasu Kiyota, Takaaki Ishibashi, Manabu Shimakawa (NIT.Kumamoto), Kazuyuki Itoh (NRCD), Kazuko Fujisawa (Yamato Univ.) WIT2019-63
Abstract (in Japanese) (See Japanese page) 
(in English) This study is intended to produce a learning support system for middle-aged and elderly people with acquired visual disabilities. Our investigation results related to learning tools demonstrate that Braille and PC usage has decreased in classes of special support education. The primary reason is that finger reading is difficult for people with acquired visual disability. We propose a pen-based note-taking system, designated as the “PenTalker” on Tablet PCs for blind people. Screen information of a display is given to the user via a built-in screen reader in the system. Additionally, we propose a new function to read out the text at that position by "finger-tracing" the screen of the tablet terminal using the screen reader. A novice user with acquired blindness can input Japanese characters directly instead of using a keyboard without lengthy training using the PenTalker.
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(in English) Acquired visual disability / Learning support / Note taking / / / / /  
Reference Info. IEICE Tech. Rep., vol. 119, no. 478, WIT2019-63, pp. 155-160, March 2020.
Paper # WIT2019-63 
Date of Issue 2020-03-06 (WIT) 
ISSN Print edition: ISSN 0913-5685    Online edition: ISSN 2432-6380
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Conference Information
Committee WIT IPSJ-AAC  
Conference Date 2020-03-13 - 2020-03-15 
Place (in Japanese) (See Japanese page) 
Place (in English) Tsukuba University of Technology 
Topics (in Japanese) (See Japanese page) 
Topics (in English) Hearing / Visually impaired person support technology, etc. 
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Conference Code 2020-03-WIT-AAC 
Language Japanese 
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Title (in English) Development of the Pen-based Smart Tablet with Finger-tracing Reading system for People with Acquired Visual Disabilities 
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Keyword(1) Acquired visual disability  
Keyword(2) Learning support  
Keyword(3) Note taking  
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1st Author's Name Kimiyasu Kiyota  
1st Author's Affiliation National Institute of Technology, Kumamoto College (NIT.Kumamoto)
2nd Author's Name Takaaki Ishibashi  
2nd Author's Affiliation National Institute of Technology, Kumamoto College (NIT.Kumamoto)
3rd Author's Name Manabu Shimakawa  
3rd Author's Affiliation National Institute of Technology, Kumamoto College (NIT.Kumamoto)
4th Author's Name Kazuyuki Itoh  
4th Author's Affiliation National Rehabilitation Center for Parson with disabilities (NRCD)
5th Author's Name Kazuko Fujisawa  
5th Author's Affiliation Yamato Univercity (Yamato Univ.)
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Date Time 2020-03-15 13:50:00 
Presentation Time 25 minutes 
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Paper # WIT2019-63 
Volume (vol) vol.119 
Number (no) no.478 
Page pp.155-160 
#Pages 6 
Date of Issue 2020-03-06 (WIT) 

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