Azene Zenebe, Klaus Miesenberger, Mario Batusic, Bernhard Stöger, Marco Köttstorfer,
"Design and Development of a Computerized Accessibility Solutions for Information Resources in Ethiopic Languages"
, in Vollmar, R., Wagner, R.: Computers Helping People with Special Needs, ICCHP 2000, Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Computers Helping People with Special Needs, July, 17-21, 2000, Karlsruhe, Germany, Vol. 788, Österreichische Computer Gesellschaft, Seite(n) 449, 7-2000, ISBN: 3-85403-145-9
Original Titel:
Design and Development of a Computerized Accessibility Solutions for Information Resources in Ethiopic Languages
Sprache des Titels:
Englisch
Original Buchtitel:
Computers Helping People with Special Needs, ICCHP 2000, Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Computers Helping People with Special Needs, July, 17-21, 2000, Karlsruhe, Germany
Original Kurzfassung:
IT-based accessibility solutions, both in Braille and speech, do not exist for information in Ethiopic language. The language uses its own alphabets [] with more than 384 characters. In this paper, the design and development of a Computer-based Ethiopic Text to Braille (ETTB) solution, users reactions towards this solution, and its integration to existing screen reaser software are presented and discussed. Finally, conclusions and recommendations for the extension of the solution into mathematical and other technical information in Ethiopic as well as preliminary work being undertaken for the design and development of Ethiopic Text to Speech (ETTS)system are presented.