A Survey on Mathematical Software Tools for Visually Impaired Persons: A Practical Perspective
There is no evidence that mathematical semantics cannot be understood due to blindness, the problem is the current access barrier to mathematical resources. In light of this problem, this survey aims at providing visually impaired persons (VIPs), or people close to them, with an overview of the curr...
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| author | Paul Mejia Luiz Cesar Martini Felipe Grijalva Julio Cesar Larco Juan Carlos Rodriguez |
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| description | There is no evidence that mathematical semantics cannot be understood due to blindness, the problem is the current access barrier to mathematical resources. In light of this problem, this survey aims at providing visually impaired persons (VIPs), or people close to them, with an overview of the currently available software tools for approaching mathematical content. These can be categorized into (a) tools for accessing mathematical documents (where VIPs are just consumers of content), and (b) tools that allow VIPs to become the creators of mathematical content and even to execute mathematical operations. We also explain the advantages and disadvantages of several key technologies used to interact with mathematics. Moreover, we discuss the necessity of the most common formats and languages behind these tools. Finally, we outline promising paths for future research and development towards blind-friendly mathematical resources. The authors hope that this survey may encourage researchers to engage with the still unsolved challenges of this topic. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1e7ada6b25fa4c24aa2fbeabaf1f265b2022-12-21T21:33:19ZengIEEEIEEE Access2169-35362021-01-019669296694710.1109/ACCESS.2021.30763069417177A Survey on Mathematical Software Tools for Visually Impaired Persons: A Practical PerspectivePaul Mejia0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2072-4113Luiz Cesar Martini1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5291-0896Felipe Grijalva2https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6162-3429Julio Cesar Larco3https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4789-5983Juan Carlos Rodriguez4https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6580-004XSchool of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Campinas, Campinas, BrazilSchool of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Campinas, Campinas, BrazilFaculty of Engineering and Applied Sciences (FICA), Telecommunications Engineering, Universidad de Las Américas (UDLA), Quito, EcuadorSchool of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Campinas, Campinas, BrazilInterface and Isolation Products Group, Analog Devices Inc., Wilmington, MA, USAThere is no evidence that mathematical semantics cannot be understood due to blindness, the problem is the current access barrier to mathematical resources. In light of this problem, this survey aims at providing visually impaired persons (VIPs), or people close to them, with an overview of the currently available software tools for approaching mathematical content. These can be categorized into (a) tools for accessing mathematical documents (where VIPs are just consumers of content), and (b) tools that allow VIPs to become the creators of mathematical content and even to execute mathematical operations. We also explain the advantages and disadvantages of several key technologies used to interact with mathematics. Moreover, we discuss the necessity of the most common formats and languages behind these tools. Finally, we outline promising paths for future research and development towards blind-friendly mathematical resources. The authors hope that this survey may encourage researchers to engage with the still unsolved challenges of this topic.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9417177/Assistive technologiesmathematicsvisually impaired people |
| spellingShingle | Paul Mejia Luiz Cesar Martini Felipe Grijalva Julio Cesar Larco Juan Carlos Rodriguez A Survey on Mathematical Software Tools for Visually Impaired Persons: A Practical Perspective IEEE Access Assistive technologies mathematics visually impaired people |
| title | A Survey on Mathematical Software Tools for Visually Impaired Persons: A Practical Perspective |
| title_full | A Survey on Mathematical Software Tools for Visually Impaired Persons: A Practical Perspective |
| title_fullStr | A Survey on Mathematical Software Tools for Visually Impaired Persons: A Practical Perspective |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Survey on Mathematical Software Tools for Visually Impaired Persons: A Practical Perspective |
| title_short | A Survey on Mathematical Software Tools for Visually Impaired Persons: A Practical Perspective |
| title_sort | survey on mathematical software tools for visually impaired persons a practical perspective |
| topic | Assistive technologies mathematics visually impaired people |
| url | https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9417177/ |
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