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ChattyInfty3: New Tools to Produce Accessible E-Books IFLA-LPD Satelite Conference eBooks for everyone August 23, 2014 Masakazu Suzuki , Kyushu University Katsuhito Yamaguchi, Nihon University InftyProject (http://www/inftyproject.org)

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ChattyInfty3: New Tools to Produce Accessible E-Books

Masakazu Suzuki , Kyushu University Katsuhito Yamaguchi, Nihon University InftyProject (http://www/inftyproject.org) Science Accessibility Net (http://www.sciaccess.net) IFLA-LPD Satelite Conference eBooks for everyone August 23, 2014

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http://www.inftyproject.org/

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Plan of the talk

InftyProject sAccessNet (Science Accessibility Net) Paper, PDF → Editable, Accessible Documents Multimedia DAISY Textbooks of Math/Science Next steps problems

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http://www.inftyproject.org/

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 R&D of Scientific Information Systems (since the mid-1990s)  Main system development

InftyReader : Math OCR software InftyEditor : Editor of math documents Data conversion（XML, LaTeX, MathML, PDF, etc.) ChattyInfty : InftyEditor + speech output, Authoring of DAISY BrailleInfty: Editor of Braille math documents

 URL：

Project site: http://www.inftyproject.org/en/ Release & user support of Infty products: NPO Science Accessibility Net: http://www.sciaccess.net/en/

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InftyReader & InftyEditor

http://www.inftyproject.org

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Scan InftyEditor

Image File (TIF, PNG, etc.） Editable Document (XML）

Output in various format ・LaTeX ・HR-TeX

・ XHTML+MathML ・MS Word ・ Braille ・DAISY ・EPUB3 PDF

InftyReader

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ChattyInfty & BrailleInfty

http://www.inftyproject.org

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Braille Viewer/Editor fot Math Text

InftyEditor

Automatic Braille Transcription Save as Braille ChattyInfty

Speech output of Text and Math Formula

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ChattyInfty & BrailleInfty

http://www.inftyproject.org

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Braille Viewer/Editor fot Math Text

InftyEditor

Automatic Braille Transcription Save as Braille ChattyInfty

Speech output of Text and Math Formula

Demo

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http://www.inftyproject.org/

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sAccessNet

Non profit organization “Science Accessibility Net”

  • Helping people with visual handicaps working in scientific fields.
  • Digitization of mathematical Journals and books
  • Release and user support of Infty software
  • DSISY content production system

(Collaboration with Japan Braille Library)

  • Jump-to-Science summer camp for visually impaired students
  • IT-literacy courses for visually impaired students

http://www.sciaccess.net/

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http://www.inftyproject.org/

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sAccessNet

Non profit organization “Science Accessibility Net”

  • Helping people with visual handicaps working in scientific fields.
  • Digitization of mathematical Journals and books
  • Release and user support of Infty software
  • DSISY content production system

(Collaboration with Japan Braille Library)

  • Jump-to-Science summer camp for visually impaired students
  • IT-literacy courses for visually impaired students

http://www.sciaccess.net/

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http://www.inftyproject.org/

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sAccessNet

Non profit organization “Science Accessibility Net”

  • Helping people with visual handicaps working in scientific fields.
  • Digitization of mathematical Journals and books
  • Release and user support of Infty software
  • DSISY content production system

(Collaboration with Japan Braille Library)

  • Jump-to-Science summer camp for visually impaired students
  • IT-literacy courses for visually impaired students

http://www.sciaccess.net/

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http://www.inftyproject.org/

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sAccessNet

Non profit organization “Science Accessibility Net”

  • Helping people with visual handicaps working in scientific fields.
  • Digitization of mathematical Journals and books
  • Release and user support of Infty software
  • DSISY content production system

(Collaboration with Japan Braille Library)

  • Jump-to-Science summer camp for visually impaired students
  • IT-literacy courses for visually impaired students

http://www.sciaccess.net/

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http://www.inftyproject.org/

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sAccessNet

Non profit organization “Science Accessibility Net”

  • Helping people with visual handicaps working in scientific fields.
  • Digitization of mathematical Journals and books
  • Release and user support of Infty software
  • DSISY content production system

(Collaboration with Japan Braille Library)

  • Jump-to-Science summer camp for visually impaired students
  • IT-literacy courses for visually impaired students

http://www.sciaccess.net/

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http://www.inftyproject.org/

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Daisy Book Production System

 Based on Infty-technology (InftyReader, ChattyInfty)  Use of High-Quality Speech Synthesizer AI-Talk  Collaboration with Japan Braille Library (Tokyo) (3 years project since 2011)  Easy User Interface to correct Reading, Intonation and Pauses.

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http://www.inftyproject.org/

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Daisy Book Production System

 Based on Infty-technology (InftyReader, ChattyInfty)  Use of High-Quality Speech Synthesizer AI-Talk  Collaboration with Japan Braille Library (Tokyo) (3 years project since 2011)  Easy User Interface to correct Reading, Intonation and Pauses.

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http://www.inftyproject.org/

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Daisy Book Production System

 Based on Infty-technology (InftyReader, ChattyInfty)  Use of High-Quality Speech Synthesizer AI-Talk  Collaboration with Japan Braille Library (Tokyo) (3 years project since 2011)  Easy User Interface to correct Reading, Intonation and Pauses.

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DAISY Book Production Flow

http://www.inftyproject.org

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Text Data including Math (XML) Verified Math Text

Verified Math Text with Speech Output

Text DAISY／Audio DAISY／EPUB3 etc. InftyReader (Recognition） InftyEditor (Correction work) Chatty Infty (Correction) Export

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DAISY Book Production Flow

http://www.inftyproject.org

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Text Data including Math (XML) Verified Math Text

Verified Math Text with Speech Output

Text DAISY／Audio DAISY／EPUB3 etc. InftyReader (Recognition） InftyEditor (Correction work) Chatty Infty (Correction) Export Demo

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Next Step Tasks

 Accessibility of tables

Complicated Tables

http://www.inftyproject.org

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Next Step Tasks

 Accessibility of tables

Complicated Tables

 Accessibility of Figures

Texts and Math expressions in Figures (Reading and Highlight)

Synchronization of the highlight of charcters and figure components with the corresponding explanation in the Texts

http://www.inftyproject.org

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Next Step Tasks

 Accessibility of tables

Complicated Tables

 Accessibility of Figures

Texts and Math expressions in Figures (Reading and Highlight)

Synchronization of the highlight of charcters and figure components with the corresponding explanation in the Texts

 Inclusion of Verified Braille codes into DAISY

Authoring by ChattyInfty

Player

http://www.inftyproject.org

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 New DAISY(EPUB3) player

Detail Reading of Kanji, math expressions, etc.

Read again, Partial slow reading

Interactive Reading of Tables

Multi-platform (Windows, Android, iOS）

Synchronization of voice output and Braille Display cursor  Localization of Infty System to Different

Languages

OCR

Speech engine

http://www.inftyproject.org

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Next Step Tasks

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http://www.inftyproject.org

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おわり

Thanks you!

InftyProject: http：//www.inftyproject.org/ sAccessNet: http://www.sciaccess.net/ Masakazu Suzuki: msuzuki@kyudai.jp Katsuhito Yamaguchi: eugene@gaea.jcn.nihon-u.ac.jp