Development study on broadband contents and accessibility tools for enhancing special education

作者首先访问了加州大学伯克利分校，考察了宽带流媒体服务器系统的技术现状，并参观了“弥合差距会议”，探索了最新的辅助技术。访问的结果发表在日本国立特殊教育研究所的期刊《世界特殊教育》上。其次，作者制作了15分钟的视频，重点是在学校使用辅助技术。为使用这些内容，开发了Web服务器和视频流服务器。在残疾人使用宽带网络方面，作者发现使用多感官方法如使用力反馈和3D声音而不是使用简单的视听信息的重要性。利用VRML文件和美国Sensable技术公司的PHANToM力反馈系统，开发了新的盲人接口系统。探索另一种使用个人机器人的辅助工具，帮助智障儿童使用互联网。这些结果在该项目的报告中进行了描述。

The authors firstly visited Berkeley, University of California to examine the state of the arts on broadband streaming server system as well as visited the Closing the Gap Conference to explore the latest assistive technologies. The results of the visits were published on Special Education in the World, a journal of the National Institute of Special Education, Japan. Secondary the authors developed 15 min, video focused on the use of assistive technologies in the schools. Web servers and video streaming servers were developed for the use of the contents.In terms of the use of broadband network for people with disabilities, the authors found that the importance of the use of multi sensory approach such as use of force feedback and 3D sound rather than the use of simple audio and visual information. In this line, new interface system for the blind was developed using VRML files and PHANToM force feedback system, a product of Sensable Technology Inc., USA. Another accessibility tool using personal robot was explored for the children with intellectual disability to use the Internet. These results were described in the report of this project.