Abstract
Picture books are one of the elements of childcare that are indispensable for emotional development. The reading of picture books to children or grandchildren by their parents or grandparents plays an important role in enhancing their imaginative power. However, visually impaired parents often experience trouble in communicating the contents and details of picture books to their children, since they have difficulties not only in reading the stories but also in describing the pictures. In this study, we developed a storytelling assistive system to use with picture books for the visually impaired, which is based on a tablet terminal using speech sounds.
