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We are developing a universal authoring system for Braille materials by collaboration of UMCL and Infty. The UMCL provides conversion modules from MathML to various Braille notations. The Infty system is an integrated suite for scientific documents, which recognizes image or PDF files of a scientific document including mathematical expressions and provides easy interfaces to edit those documents. Combining these systems, we obtain the universal authoring system. Using the system, users can make mathematical materials in various Braille notations without any knowledge of those notations.
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Kanahori, T., Archambault, D., Suzuki, M. (2008). Universal Authoring System for Braille Materials by Collaboration of UMCL and Infty. In: Miesenberger, K., Klaus, J., Zagler, W., Karshmer, A. (eds) Computers Helping People with Special Needs. ICCHP 2008. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5105. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-70540-6_132
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