Communicating text structure to blind people with Text-To-Speech

Laurent Sorin (1, 2) , Julie Lemarié (3) , Nathalie Aussenac-Gilles (2, 4) , Mustapha Mojahid (1) , Bernard Oriola (1, 4)

1 IRIT-ELIPSE - Etude de L’Interaction Personne SystèmE
2 IRIT-MELODI - MEthodes et ingénierie des Langues, des Ontologies et du DIscours
3 CLLE-LTC - Cognition, Langues, Langage, Ergonomie
4 CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

This paper presents the results of an experiment conducted with nine blind subjects for the evaluation of two audio restitution methods for headings, using Text-To-Speech. We used specialized audio and two voices to demarcate headings. This work is part of a research project which focuses on structural in-formation accessibility for the blind in digital documents.

Mots clés: Specialized Audio; Accessibility of Digital Document; Blind People; Document Structure; Text-to-Speech

Domaines: Interface homme-machine [cs.HC]

Laurent Sorin, Julie Lemarié, Nathalie Aussenac-Gilles, Mustapha Mojahid, Bernard Oriola. Communicating text structure to blind people with Text-To-Speech. 14th International Conference on Computers Helping People with Special Needs (ICCHP 2014), Jul 2014, Paris, France. pp.61-68, ⟨10.1007/978-3-319-08596-8_10⟩. ⟨hal-01148844⟩