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，允许专业期刊的作者和出版商以DAISY(数字无障碍信息系统)XML(可扩展标记语言)格式提供其内容，所有人，特别是盲人或有其他严重印刷障碍的人，都可以完全使用该格式的内容。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是直接的，将图形转换为可访问的DAISY SVG(可伸缩矢量图形)格式只需极少的编辑时间。SBIR第二阶段项目的具体目标是开发出版软件和程序，允许重新调整现有内容的用途，以便至少可以立即提供最低质量的DAISY XML期刊文章。预计APS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，使作者能够直接以高质量的DAISY SVG形式提交数字，因此未来的DAISY XML出版物将远远超过最少。DAISY SVG图可以：“包含图中所示的所有数据”“包含有助于数字图书馆改进分类的元数据”具有极好的可搜索性。DAISY SVG的这些主流优势是实质性的，很可能会促使学术文学作者迅速采用DAISY SVG作为他们的选择格式。作为第一阶段项目的一部分，雏菊原型是为最近一期美国物理学会旗舰期刊《物理评论快报》上的所有文章创建的。这些原型包括完全可访问的文本、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极大的好评。文本和数学是由屏幕阅读器朗读的。DAISY SVG人物出现在DAISY文章中，并以SVG链接的形式提供给盲人用户。练习该链接将在IVEO SVG查看器中打开图形。盲人用户在任何ViewPlus浮雕上创建一个触觉副本，将其放置在触摸板上，并通过按下图形元素的触觉图像并听到IVEO SVG查看器应用程序所说的文字标签、标题和描述来“阅读”它们。众所周知，这种音频-触觉访问方法为盲人提供了接触数字的极佳途径。这一新的出版模式将极大地改善印刷残疾人获取学术出版物的机会，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的使命之一。

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.