Development of Multimodal e-Slide Presentation to Support Self-Learning for the Visually Impaired
Currently electronic slide (e-slide) is one of the most common styles in educational presentation. Unfortunately, the utilization of e-slide for the visually impaired is uncommon since they are unable to see the content of such e-slides which are usually composed of text, images and animation. This paper proposes a model for presenting e-slide in multimodal presentation i.e. using conventional slide concurrent with voicing, in both languages Malay and English. At the design level, live multimedia presentation concept is used, while at the implementation level several components are used. The text content of each slide is extracted using COM component, Microsoft Speech API for voicing the text in English language and the text in Malay language is voiced using dictionary approach. To support the accessibility, an auditory user interface is provided as an additional feature. A prototype of such model named as VSlide has been developed and introduced.
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[1] W. Mike, "Learning Through Multimedia: Automatic Speech
Recognition Enabling Accessibility and Interaction," in Proceedings of
ED-MEDIA 2006: World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications, 2006, pp. 2965-2976.
[2] N. A.Bradley and M. D. Dunlop, "An Experimental Investigation into
Wayfinding Directions for Visually Impaired People," Journal Personal and Ubiquitous Computing, 2005.
[3] M. Zainal, "Prevalence of blindness and low vision in Malaysian population: results from the National Eye Survey 1996," British Journal
of Ophthalmology, , 2002.
[4] N. Aziz, "Assistive Courseware for Visually-Impaired," in LNCS 5857,
IVIC Proceeding Kuala Lumpur, 2009.
[5] Michael Alley and K. A. Neeley, "Discovering the Power of
PowerPoint: Rethinking the Design of Presentation Slides from a
Skillful User-s Perspective," in Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition,2005.
[6] April Savoy, et al., "Information retention from PowerPointTM and
traditional lectures," Journal Computer & Education, Elsevier, vol. 52,
pp. 858-867, 2009.
[7] Microsoft. (2011, July, 29th). COM: Component Object Model
Technologies. Available: http://www.microsoft.com/com/default.mspx
[8] Microsoft. (2011, July, 29th). Component Object Model (COM).
Available: http://msdn.microsoft.com/enus/library/ms680573%28v=VS.85%29.aspx
[9] Hilko Donker, et al., "The Design of Auditory User Interfaces for Blind
Users," in Proceedings of the second Nordic conference on Humancomputer
interaction 2002.
[10] Microsoft. (2011, July, 29th). Speech Software Development Kit 5.1.
Available:
http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=10121#overview
[11] Rustam Asnawi, et al., "Design Architecture for IM-Player as a Tool for
supporting Visual Education Presentation," in Lecture Notes in Computer Science-IVIC Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2009, pp. 78-89.
[12] Rustam Asnawi, et al., "Development of Multipurpose Integrated
Multimedia Presentation System Based on the CCM Algorithm," in
Proceedings of International Conference on Computer and Automation
Engineering, Singapore, 2010, pp. 716-720.
[13] Rustam Asnawi, et al., "Unifying Multimedia Player and Presentation
System with Utilizing Dual-Display Feature," in Proceedings of The 4th
International Symposium on Information Technology Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia, 2010, pp. 70-75.
[14] Rustam Asnawi, et al., "Formalization and Verification of a Live
Multimedia Presentation Model," International Journal of Computer
Applications, vol. 20(3), pp. 32-41, 2011.
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