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Korean language math-to-speech rules for digital books for people with reading disabilities and their usability evaluation

Authors: Joo Hyun Park, Jong-Woo Lee, Jong-Seok Um, Juhye Yook, Kwangki Kim, Soon-Bum Lim

Published in: The Journal of Supercomputing | Issue 6/2021

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Although Digital Accessible Information System, an international digital talking book standard, is conducting active research on upper level education for people with reading disabilities, special components like images or formulas are difficult to read aloud in Korean. Therefore, this paper defines Korean math-to-speech rules for Contents Mathematical Markup Language based on the formulas used in the Korean middle school and high school freshman curriculum. Based on the proposed rules, a program that turns formulas expressed in Contents Mathematical Markup Language into speech was also designed through Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations. Finally, a performance test was conducted to determine both the accuracy of the transformed formulas and the clarity of formulas when read aloud.

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Title: Korean language math-to-speech rules for digital books for people with reading disabilities and their usability evaluation
Authors: Joo Hyun Park
Jong-Woo Lee
Jong-Seok Um
Juhye Yook
Kwangki Kim
Soon-Bum Lim
Publication date: 02-01-2021
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: The Journal of Supercomputing / Issue 6/2021
Print ISSN: 0920-8542
Electronic ISSN: 1573-0484
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11227-020-03519-0

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