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How to Make Unified Modeling Language Diagrams Accessible for Blind Students

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In this paper, we present a survey of the material used in the computer sciences lectures of two blind students showing that they have to deal with a high number and various types of UML diagrams. We also report on different textual representations of UML and present our own solutions. Moreover, we point at a current initiative, BLINDUML, which works at solutions for making UMLs accessible.

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  1. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Study Center for the Visually Impaired Students, Engesserstr. 4, 76131, Karlsruhe, Germany

    Karin Müller

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  1. Institut Integriert Studieren, University of Linz, Altenbergerstraße 69, 4040, Linz, Austria

    Klaus Miesenberger

  2. University of San Francisco, 2130 Fulton St., 94117, San Francisco, CA, USA

    Arthur Karshmer

  3. Support Centre for Students with Special Needs, Masaryk University, Botanická 68A, 602 00, Brno, Czech Republic

    Petr Penaz

  4. Institute "integriert studieren", Vienna University of Technology, Favoritenstr. 11/029, 1040, Vienna, Austria

    Wolfgang Zagler

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Müller, K. (2012). How to Make Unified Modeling Language Diagrams Accessible for Blind Students. In: Miesenberger, K., Karshmer, A., Penaz, P., Zagler, W. (eds) Computers Helping People with Special Needs. ICCHP 2012. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 7382. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-31522-0_27

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