Towards Semantically Enhanced Audio Rendering of Equations

Akashdeep Bansal; Volker Sorge; M. Balakrishnan; Aayush Aggarwal

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-08648-9_5

Towards Semantically Enhanced Audio Rendering of Equations

Akashdeep Bansal^*
, Volker Sorge
, M. Balakrishnan
, Aayush Aggarwal

^*Corresponding author for this work

Computer Science

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Abstract

At present STEM education beyond middle school is largely inaccessible to visually impaired students in countries like India. Access to equations, tables, charts and figures are the key bottleneck. With the increased penetration of screen reading software, effective audio rendering of equations can significantly help in making many of the e-texts accessible. Unfortunately, linear syntactic rendering of equations can create considerable cognitive load even for relatively simple equations. In this paper we propose an architecture to extract contextual semantic of equations based on the local definitions. This will help in adapting audio rendering of equations based on their contextual semantics.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Computers Helping People with Special Needs
Subtitle of host publication	18th International Conference, ICCHP-AAATE 2022, Lecco, Italy, July 11–15, 2022, Proceedings, Part I
Editors	Klaus Miesenberger, Georgios Kouroupetroglou, Katerina Mavrou, Roberto Manduchi, Mario Covarrubias Rodriguez, Petr Penáz
Publisher	Springer
Pages	30-37
Number of pages	8
Edition	1
ISBN (Electronic)	9783031086489
ISBN (Print)	9783031086472
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-08648-9_5
Publication status	Published - 1 Jul 2022
Event	Joint International Conference on Digital Inclusion, Assistive Technology, and Accessibility, ICCHP-AAATE 2022 - Lecco, Italy Duration: 11 Jul 2022 → 15 Jul 2022

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Publisher	Springer
Volume	13341
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Conference

Conference	Joint International Conference on Digital Inclusion, Assistive Technology, and Accessibility, ICCHP-AAATE 2022
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Lecco
Period	11/07/22 → 15/07/22

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2022, Springer Nature Switzerland AG.

Keywords

Audio rendering
Contextual semantic
Equation

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Theoretical Computer Science
General Computer Science

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Bansal, A., Sorge, V., Balakrishnan, M., & Aggarwal, A. (2022). Towards Semantically Enhanced Audio Rendering of Equations. In K. Miesenberger, G. Kouroupetroglou, K. Mavrou, R. Manduchi, M. Covarrubias Rodriguez, & P. Penáz (Eds.), Computers Helping People with Special Needs: 18th International Conference, ICCHP-AAATE 2022, Lecco, Italy, July 11–15, 2022, Proceedings, Part I (1 ed., pp. 30-37). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 13341). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-08648-9_5

Bansal, Akashdeep ; Sorge, Volker ; Balakrishnan, M. et al. / Towards Semantically Enhanced Audio Rendering of Equations. Computers Helping People with Special Needs: 18th International Conference, ICCHP-AAATE 2022, Lecco, Italy, July 11–15, 2022, Proceedings, Part I. editor / Klaus Miesenberger ; Georgios Kouroupetroglou ; Katerina Mavrou ; Roberto Manduchi ; Mario Covarrubias Rodriguez ; Petr Penáz. 1. ed. Springer, 2022. pp. 30-37 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science).

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Bansal, A, Sorge, V, Balakrishnan, M & Aggarwal, A 2022, Towards Semantically Enhanced Audio Rendering of Equations. in K Miesenberger, G Kouroupetroglou, K Mavrou, R Manduchi, M Covarrubias Rodriguez & P Penáz (eds), Computers Helping People with Special Needs: 18th International Conference, ICCHP-AAATE 2022, Lecco, Italy, July 11–15, 2022, Proceedings, Part I. 1 edn, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 13341, Springer, pp. 30-37, Joint International Conference on Digital Inclusion, Assistive Technology, and Accessibility, ICCHP-AAATE 2022, Lecco, Italy, 11/07/22. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-08648-9_5

Towards Semantically Enhanced Audio Rendering of Equations. / Bansal, Akashdeep; Sorge, Volker; Balakrishnan, M. et al.
Computers Helping People with Special Needs: 18th International Conference, ICCHP-AAATE 2022, Lecco, Italy, July 11–15, 2022, Proceedings, Part I. ed. / Klaus Miesenberger; Georgios Kouroupetroglou; Katerina Mavrou; Roberto Manduchi; Mario Covarrubias Rodriguez; Petr Penáz. 1. ed. Springer, 2022. p. 30-37 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 13341).

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Bansal A, Sorge V, Balakrishnan M, Aggarwal A. Towards Semantically Enhanced Audio Rendering of Equations. In Miesenberger K, Kouroupetroglou G, Mavrou K, Manduchi R, Covarrubias Rodriguez M, Penáz P, editors, Computers Helping People with Special Needs: 18th International Conference, ICCHP-AAATE 2022, Lecco, Italy, July 11–15, 2022, Proceedings, Part I. 1 ed. Springer. 2022. p. 30-37. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science). doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-08648-9_5