• Journal of Information Management
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• v.43 no.1
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• pp.187-212
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• 2012

The reading culture promotion for the disabled is a key task of library which minimizes the level of information poverty, and improves the living standards of the people. In order to address the promotional methods, this study adopts a frame from a reading culture promotion policy, and analyzes national and international library services for the disabled. In results, the current library services for the disabled are mainly based on 'building appropriate reading environments' and guaranteeing 'equal reading opportunities'. However, campaigns or tasks targeting the disabled which makes reading a way of life are insufficient. This study, therefore, suggests 'reading education', 'reading therapy', 'user-oriented program development' to make reading a way of life. Library promoting strategies can also be useful in campaign of reading activities for the disabled.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science
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• v.50 no.4
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• pp.165-184
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• 2016

Generally, Bibliotherapy is aimed to cure the emotional or psychological wounds by using books for common users as self-treatment. But, Bibliotherapy for disabled people is carried out by alternative formats instead of a book. In library for the disabled, it is developing various bibliotherapy programs, but not yet activated. In order to carry out bibliotherapy, it is necessary to improve the bibliotherapy catalog preferentially. However, most Bibliotherapy catalogs are created for the common users, not for disabled people specially. How to make the special catalog for disabled people and catalog of alternative formats according to pathological symptom or situation is still a big problem. Basing on this premise, the author examined the necessity of bibliotherapy catalog for disabled people, and the present situation of alternative materials for the bibliotherapy. And then, the author proposes plans of bibliotherapy for how to build the bibliotherapy for disabled people.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science
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• v.49 no.4
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• pp.75-97
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• 2015

This study aims to identify the needs of the disabled around E-books in order to develop such E-books. This study surveys the disabled, including the visually disabled and the deaf, on the usage of publications by disability type, the area of improvement to enhance E-book accessibility and the E-book functions for the disabled. The study surveys 196 people with the following key findings. First, the disabled have a preference for paper books over E-books. Second, the disabled read for practical tips in daily lives, cultural development and self development in such particular order. Third, the disabled have a negative view on function and variety of E-books, and want E-books to be customizable software-based rather than a simple platform-based.

• Electronics and Telecommunications Trends
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• v.31 no.6
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• pp.116-126
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• 2016

본 문서에서는 장애인 접근성을 지원하는 전자책 시스템에서 시각장애인 또는 독서장애인 사용자와 전자책뷰어간의 상호작용에 관련된 기술 전반 및 기술 개발 동향에 대해 살펴보고자 한다. 특히 '장애인 접근성', '전자책' 그리고 '인터랙션'이라는 독립된 기술 개념에 대해 살펴보고, 접근성 관련 국내 외 표준 및 가이드라인과 전자책 뷰어 및 스크린리더 제품군, 그리고 새로운 인터랙션 연구 문헌 등의 조사 분석을 통하여 장애인 접근성 전자책의 인터랙션 기술개발 방향에 참고할 사용자의 요구사항과 사용자 및 시스템 특성 고려사항을 분석해본다. 이를 근거로 접근성을 지원하는 전자책 인터랙션 기술의 향후 개발 방향을 함께 제시함으로써 시각장애인 및 독서장애인을 위한 모바일 전자책 응용 등 관련된 기술개발에 참고가 되고자 한다.

• Electronics and Telecommunications Trends
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• v.30 no.4
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• pp.59-70
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• 2015

전맹인 시각장애인을 비롯해 신체적이거나 정신적인 장애로 인해 표준적인 포맷의 인쇄된 정보에 접근할 수 없는 독서장애인에게 전자책의 등장은 새로운 가능성을 열어주었으나, 여전히 장애인들의 정보접근성은 비장애인에 비해 현저히 낮다. 웹의 경우 플랫폼별, 웹 브라우저별로 장애인 접근성 향상을 위한 다양한 연구와 노력 및 개선이 지속되고 있지만, 전자출판 분야에서의 장애인 독서 접근성에 관한 연구와 개선은 미흡한 현실이다. 독서장애인들의 출판물 접근성을 비장애인들과 유사한 수준으로 높이기 위한 국내외 관련 연구사례를 살펴보고, 독서장애인의 지식정보격차를 해소하기 위해 향후 전자출판이 나아가야 할 방향에 대해 알아본다.

• Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society
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• v.40 no.3
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• pp.295-315
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• 2009

This study suggested a scheme of revitalization and development of digital talking books(DTB) for the print disable people. In Korea, the number of print disabled people is quickly increasing because of increasing of the acquired blind and the elderly in population. To promote information service and to encourage active participation from the group categorized as print disabled people, library is required two distinctive considerations, design and implementation of authoring tool for DTB and policy and administrative consideration for revitalization for DTB service to the print disable people.

• Journal of Korea Multimedia Society
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• v.16 no.4
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• pp.510-519
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• 2013

In this paper, we propose a voice-annotation browsing system that make the reading-disabled people to be able to find and play the existing voice-annotations. The proposed system consists of 4 steps: input, ranking & recommendation, search, and output. For the reading-disabled people depending only on the auditory sense, all steps can accept voice commands. To evaluate the effectiveness of our system, we design and implement an android-based mobile e-book application supporting the voice-annotation browsing ability. The implemented system is tested by a number of blind-folded users. As a result, we can see almost all the reading-disabled people can successfully and easily reach the existing voice-annotations they want to find.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2009.10a
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• pp.317-319
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• 2009

The physical disabled are using various types of assistive devices and reading assistance device is have been researched and development. After all reading assistance device which being marketed present for the physical disabled's features is simply limited to turing the page. In this paper, Implemented prototype model of the reading assistance device for the physical disabled that is have designed to modify to improve the success rate of turing page and conjunction with mobile devices such as PDA to provide more convenient and useful features. And not only for the disabled then take a look at Universal design concept of view of the tool can be useful the public also.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2012.06c
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• pp.403-405
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• 2012

본 연구에서는 독서장애인을 위한 전자책용 어노테이션의 탐색 및 재생 기법을 제안하고 이를 음성 어노테이션 브라우징 시스템이라 칭하였다. 제안된 음성어노테이션 브라우징 시스템은 명령 입력, 중요도 분석 및 추천, 검색, 출력단계로 구성된다. 특히 본 연구에서는 대상 사용자가 청각 의존도가 높은 독서장애인들이기 때문에 완전히 청각에 의존해서 사용할 수 있도록 모든 단계에서 음성인식 기능을 제공한다. 제안된 음성 어노테이션 브라우징 시스템의 효율성을 검증하기 위해 안드로이드 환경에서 실행되는 전자책 소프트웨어와 음성 어노테이션 브라우징 시스템을 설계하고 구현하였다.

• Journal of Korea Multimedia Society
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• v.15 no.7
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• pp.951-961
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• 2012

E-books produced in the country provide limited audio service for reading disables. The reason is that those books cannot translate the mathematical expressions and symbols in the context. In this paper, the 'Math Expression Reader' was implemented that can translate the expressions and symbols in the document into Korean speech for those who have reading disabilities. The math to speech generated by this program has been tested to both the public and reading disables and the results of this test has been compared whether they can exactly understand the speech and evaluated the reading rules.