Authors:
Carlos Duarte
;
Luís Carriço
and
Hugo Simões
Affiliation:
Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon, Portugal
Keyword(s):
Adaptive Interfaces, Multimodal Interaction, Model-based Architecture, Digital Talking Books.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Accessibility to Disabled Users
;
Artificial Intelligence
;
Computer-Supported Education
;
Enterprise Information Systems
;
Human-Computer Interaction
;
Intelligent User Interfaces
;
Multimedia Systems
;
Ubiquitous Learning
Abstract:
Talking books, besides helping the blind and print-disabled communities to have easier access to books, also allow reading in situations when the vision becomes temporarily unavailable, for instance, while driving. In this paper, we present a user interface model-based architecture for digital talking books. The books allow for multimodal interaction in an effort to broaden the usage scope. Considering the execution platform, user and usage characteristics, a great number of configurations for the books are possible. For the situations where the most suited configuration can not be forecast, an adaptable book can be the solution.