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Jindřich Matoušek and Zdeněk Krňoul and Michal Campr and Zbyněk Zajíc and Zdeněk Hanzlíček and Martin Grůber and Marie Kocurová : Speech and web-based technology to enhance education for pupils with visual impairment . Journal on Multimodal User Interfaces, Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 2020.

Abstract

This paper describes a new web-based system specially adapted to the education of Czech pupils with visual impairment. The system integrates speech and language technologies with a web framework in lower secondary education, especially in mathematics and physics subjects. A new interface utilized the text-to-speech (TTS) synthesis for online automatic reading of educational texts. The interface provides several TTS voices, synthesized data caching, and automatic processing of formulas in mathematics and physics. The system was designed to enable teachers create and manage teaching materials. It also enables the pupils to view and listen to the read forms of these documents online. A school for pupils with visual impairment participated in the development and implementation of the system. After one year of using the system daily, the user experience and evaluation data were collected. The results indicate a positive reception and frequent use of the system as well as a preference over classical educational materials.

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Title: Speech and web-based technology to enhance education for pupils with visual impairment
Author: Jindřich Matoušek ; Zdeněk Krňoul ; Michal Campr ; Zbyněk Zajíc ; Zdeněk Hanzlíček ; Martin Grůber ; Marie Kocurová
Language: English
Year: 2020
Type of publication: Papers in journals
Title of journal or book: Journal on Multimodal User Interfaces
DOI: 10.1007/s12193-020-00323-1
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG
/ 2020-04-20 15:26:21 /

Keywords

Pupils with visual impairments, Educational technology interface, Text-to-speech synthesis, Improving classroom teaching

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@ARTICLE{JindrichMatousek_2020_Speechandweb-based,
 author = {Jind\v{r}ich Matou\v{s}ek and Zden\v{e}k Kr\v{n}oul and Michal Campr and Zbyn\v{e}k Zaj\'{i}c and Zden\v{e}k Hanzl\'{i}\v{c}ek and Martin Gr\r{u}ber and Marie Kocurov\'{a}},
 title = {Speech and web-based technology to enhance education for pupils with visual impairment},
 year = {2020},
 publisher = {Springer Nature Switzerland AG},
 journal = {Journal on Multimodal User Interfaces},
 doi = {10.1007/s12193-020-00323-1},
 url = {http://www.kky.zcu.cz/en/publications/JindrichMatousek_2020_Speechandweb-based},
}