5 O Electronic Educational Books for Blind Students
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50.1 Ιntroduction ...........................50-l 50.2 Background and Related Work.............. ......50-1 Ηow Do B1ind People Use Computers? . Electronic Books . Αccessib1e e-Book Reading Αpplications . Research ΑppΙications Αccessible to the Blind 50.3 The Starlight Platform........ ..........................50-4 Development Ρrocess . The Starlight Reader . The Starlight Writer 50.4 Evaluation ""'50-1ο 50.5 Conclusions and Future Work.............. .'.'.50-11 Dimitris Grammenos, Anthοny Savidis, Yannis Geοrgalis, Themistοklis Bοurdenas, and Constantine Stephanidis
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تاریخ انتشار 2011