New Tools to Convert PDF Math Contents into Accessible e-Books Efficiently

Stud Health Technol Inform. 2015:217:1060-4.

Abstract

New features in our math-OCR software to convert PDF math contents into accessible e-books are shown. A method for recognizing PDF is thoroughly improved. In addition, contents in any selected area including math formulas in a PDF file can be cut and pasted into a document in various accessible formats, which is automatically recognized and converted into texts and accessible math formulas through this process. Combining it with our authoring tool for a technical document, one can easily produce accessible e-books in various formats such as DAISY, accessible EPUB3, DAISY-like HTML5, Microsoft Word with math objects and so on. Those contents are useful for various print-disabled students ranging from the blind to the dyslexic.

MeSH terms

  • Dyslexia / rehabilitation*
  • Humans
  • Mathematics*
  • Publishing*
  • Software*
  • Textbooks as Topic*
  • User-Computer Interface*