Software for Automatic Conversion of Professional Journals to Fully Accessible Fo

描述（由申请人提供）：该项目的长期目标是创造技术，使专业期刊的作者和出版商能够将其内容以DAISY（数字无障碍信息系统）XML（可扩展标记语言）格式提供给所有人，特别是盲人或其他严重印刷品阅读障碍的人。美国物理学会（APS）和ViewPlus之间的第一阶段合作最终证明，将文本和数学从当前的APS格式转换为DAISY XML非常简单，并且只需要很少的编辑时间就可以将图形转换为可访问的DAISY SVG（可缩放矢量图形）格式。这个第二阶段SBIR项目的具体目标是开发出版软件和程序，允许对现有内容进行重新利用，以便至少可以立即提供最低质量的DAISY XML期刊文章。APS预计将首先实施新的出版方法，然后其他学术出版商也将效仿。还将开发其他几个软件应用程序，使作者能够以高质量的DAISY SVG形式直接提交数据，以便将来DAISY XML出版物的数量将远远超过最小。DAISY SVG图形可以“包含图中所示的所有数据”包含元数据，从而大大提高了数字图书馆的分类能力，并且可以很好地进行搜索。DAISY SVG的这些主流优势是巨大的，很有可能使学术文献的作者迅速采用DAISY SVG作为他们选择的格式。作为第一阶段项目的一部分，DAISY原型是为最近一期《物理评论快报》（Physical Review Letters）上的所有文章创建的，《物理评论快报》是美国物理学会的旗舰期刊。这些原型具有完全可访问的文本、数学和图形。它们在2008年的三次学术出版商和图书馆员专业会议上得到了热烈的评价。文本和数学由屏幕阅读器朗读。DAISY SVG图形出现在DAISY文章中，并作为SVG链接提供给盲人用户。执行链接将打开IVEO SVG查看器中的图形。盲人用户在任何ViewPlus压纹器上创建触觉副本，将其放置在触摸板上，通过按下触觉图像并听到IVEO SVG Viewer应用程序发出的声音，“读取”文本标签、标题和图形元素的描述。众所周知，这种听觉触觉访问方法为盲人提供了良好的访问数字的途径。这种新的出版模式将极大地改善阅读障碍者对学术出版物的访问，并改善他们的教育和职业机会以及生活质量。盲人的生活质量问题是国家眼科研究所使命的一部分。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The long range goal of this project is to create technologies that permit authors and publishers of professional journals to make their content available in the DAISY (Digital Accessible Information System) XML (eXtensible Markup Language) format that is fully usable by all people, in particular by people who are blind or have other severe print disabilities. The Phase I collaboration between the American Physical Society (APS) and ViewPlus demonstrated conclusively that transformation of the text and math from the current APS format to DAISY XML is straightforward, and only minimal editorial time is required to transform figures to the accessible DAISY SVG (Scalable Vector Graphic) format. The specific aim of this Phase II SBIR project is to develop publishing software and procedures permitting present content to be repurposed so that at least minimal quality DAISY XML journal articles can be made available immediately. The APS is expected to implement the new publishing method first and then be followed by other scholarly publishers. Several other software applications will also be developed that enable authors to submit figures directly in high quality DAISY SVG form so that future DAISY XML publications will be much more than minimal. DAISY SVG figures can: "contain all the data illustrated in the figure" contain meta data facilitating much improved classification by digital libraries "be excellently searchable. These mainstream advantages of DAISY SVG are substantial and are very likely to lead authors of scholarly literature to quickly adopt DAISY SVG as their format of choice. As part of the Phase I project, DAISY prototypes were created for all articles in a recent issue of Physical Review Letters, the flagship journal of the American Physical Society. These prototypes were complete with fully accessible text, math, and graphics. They were demonstrated at three 2008 professional meetings of scholarly publishers and librarians to rave reviews. Text and math is spoken by a screen reader. DAISY SVG figures appear in the DAISY article and are available as SVG links to blind users. Exercising the link opens the figure in the IVEO SVG Viewer. A blind user creates a tactile copy on any ViewPlus embosser, places it on a touchpad, and "reads" the text labels and titles and descriptions of graphical elements by pressing on their tactile image and hearing them spoken by the IVEO SVG Viewer application. This audio- tactile access method is known to provide blind people excellent access to figures. This new publishing paradigm would vastly improve accessibility by people with print disabilities to scholarly publications and lead to improvements in their educational and professional opportunities and quality of life. Quality of life issues for blind people are part of the mission of the National Eye Institute.