Abstract
Digital information media has become an important information source in modern society. However, a digital divide has been created between people who can use information media and those who cannot. The volume of information available to blind people in particular, who view Web pages using a voice browser and whose use of Web pages relies on audible cues, is significantly less than that available to sighted people.
We configured a Web Viewing Assistance System for blind people in this study by utilizing the Digital Talking Book Method. This system converts target Web pages into DTBs to provide their contents to users. Operation of the DTB method is uniform and simple for blind people and can provide an operational environment with reduced complexity compared with viewing Web pages using a voice browser.
In the implemented DTB system, the number of key strokes required to reach target contents is considerably reduced in comparison with that of a voice Web browser.
