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Presenting UML Software Engineering Diagrams to Blind People

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Computers Helping People with Special Needs (ICCHP 2004)

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The TeDUB system promises to deliver a UML diagram tool accessible to blind software engineers. The system uses a number of different interfaces and representation techniques to overcome the challenges of making diagrams created with the Unified Modeling Language usable for blind people. The system is entirely automated and does not require special preparation of UML diagrams by a sighted user. The results of evaluation of the system with thirty-six users were positive. The system was well-received and the participants were able to complete set UML tasks.

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  1. Department of Computation, UMIST, Manchester, M60 1QD, UK

    Alasdair King, Paul Blenkhorn & Gareth Evans

  2. Federatie van Nederlandse Blindenbibliotheken, Molenpad 2, 1016 GM, Amsterdam, Netherlands

    David Crombie & Sijo Dijkstra

  3. The National Council for the Blind, Whitworth Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 9, Ireland

    John Wood

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  1. Institut Integriert Studieren, Johannes Kepler Universität, Altenbergerstraße 69, 4040, Linz, Austria

    Klaus Miesenberger

  2. Studienzentrum fuer Sehgeschaedigte, Universitaet Karlsruhe (TH), Germany

    Joachim Klaus

  3. fortec - Research Group on Rehabilitation Technology, Institute integrated study, Vienna Univ. of Technology, Favoritenstr. 11/029, A-1040, Vienna, Austria

    Wolfgang L. Zagler

  4. INSERM U592 – Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Association BrailleNet, 9, quai Saint Bernard, 75252, Paris cedex 05, France

    Dominique Burger

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King, A., Blenkhorn, P., Crombie, D., Dijkstra, S., Evans, G., Wood, J. (2004). Presenting UML Software Engineering Diagrams to Blind People. In: Miesenberger, K., Klaus, J., Zagler, W.L., Burger, D. (eds) Computers Helping People with Special Needs. ICCHP 2004. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3118. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-27817-7_76

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