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Interactive EPUB3 vs. Web Publication for Screen Reading Users: the Case of 'Pinocchio' Book

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Barbara Leporini,

Luca Minardi,

Gregorio PellegrinoAuthors Info & Claims

GoodTechs '19: Proceedings of the 5th EAI International Conference on Smart Objects and Technologies for Social Good

Pages 235 - 238

https://doi.org/10.1145/3342428.3342701

Published: 25 September 2019 Publication History

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In this paper, accessibility in the EPUB3 and the draft version of Web Publication formats is studied, with particular reference to interaction features. EPUB3 and Web Publication were chosen primarily because they are based on Open Web Platform technologies. Using an eBook prototype designed in EPUB3 and Web Publication, we investigated whether both reading applications and screen reading assistive technology are sufficiently mature to support accessibility. The results revealed that they do not yet fully support these formats.

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Interactive EPUB3 vs. Web Publication for Screen Reading Users: the Case of 'Pinocchio' Book
1. Applied computing
  1. Document management and text processing
    1. Document preparation
      1. Hypertext / hypermedia creation
2. Human-centered computing
  1. Accessibility
  2. Human computer interaction (HCI)

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GoodTechs '19: Proceedings of the 5th EAI International Conference on Smart Objects and Technologies for Social Good

September 2019

272 pages

ISBN:9781450362610

DOI:10.1145/3342428

General Chairs:
Armir Bujari
Università di Padova, Italy
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Pietro Manzoni
Universitat Politecnica de Valencia, Spain
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University of Bremen, Germany
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Edjair Mota
UFAM, Brazil
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Ombretta Gaggi
Università di Padova, Italy

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Published: 25 September 2019

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Marcus-Quinn AFotiadis TYeratziotis APapadopoulos G(2024)Accessibility of e-books for Secondary School Students in Ireland and CyprusTransforming Media Accessibility in Europe10.1007/978-3-031-60049-4_13(229-245)Online publication date: 20-Aug-2024
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-60049-4_13
Sarinho V(2021)GEnEbook: A Game Engine to Provide Electronic Gamebooks for Adventure Games2021 20th Brazilian Symposium on Computer Games and Digital Entertainment (SBGames)10.1109/SBGames54170.2021.00017(59-68)Online publication date: Oct-2021
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