• 한국멀티미디어학회논문지
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• 제19권11호
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• pp.1837-1851
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• 2016

Newspaper reader mobile applications using text-to-speech (TTS) function enable blind people to read newspaper contents. But, tables cannot be easily read by the reader program because most of the tables are stored as images in the contents. Even though we try to use OCR (Optical character reader) programs to recognize letters from the table images, it cannot be simply applied to the table reading function because the table structure is unknown to the readers. Therefore, identification of exact location of each table cell that contains the text of the table is required beforehand. In this paper, we propose an efficient image processing algorithm to recognize all the cells in tables by identifying columns and rows in table images. From the cell location data provided by the table column and row identification algorithm, we can generate table structure information and table reading scenarios. Our experimental results with table images found commonly in newspapers show that our cell identification approach has 100% accuracy for simple black and white table images and about 99.7% accuracy for colored and complicated tables.

• The Journal of Korean Physical Therapy
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.1-21
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• 1999

Japanese welfare legislation for the disabled was enacted via Law 283 on December 26. 1956. The push for such legislation at the national level had gown concurrent with development of Japan's post-war economy Korean welfare law for disabled was made 22 years later and was again amended in 1989. The current legislation promotes and supports the legal welfare of the Koran disabled. The following are the results of a comparison between Korean and Japanese accessibility facilities and welfare law; 1) Japan's developement of disabled people's welfare law is inextricably linked to the development of disabled people's advocacy and the human rights movement. In addition, welfare policy has shifts its mandate from rehabilitation to independent living. It follows that local altitudes will play a pivotal role in further policy initiatives. Korean disabled people's welfare policy emerged hand in hand with economic recovery and development following the Korean War. By 1977 a special education law was enacted which-like it Japanese counterpart-promoted the education of disabled children. 2) Accessibility facilities were developed privately movement. The disabled faced constant and systematic disadvantages in public/private buildings and transportation systems. A general lack of cultural awareness and information relating ti these problems prevailed. These included-hut were by no means limited to sign language (for hearing the impaired) and braille(the language of blind). However, new attitudes and improvements have since emerged and new laws have resulted in the publication of Korean 'White Book' outlining the everyday problems faced by the disabled. In addition, mort convenient access facilities have been constructed in public and private buildings. In closing, legal support for the disabled, senior citizens and pregnant women continues to be improved by newer legislation enacted tin April 6, 1977.

• 방송공학회논문지
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.214-233
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• 2017

신체적 감각적 제약이 있는 장애인들에게 방송 시청은 정보 습득 및 여가 생활의 주요 수단이다. 최근 방송통신의 융합, 방송의 디지털 모바일화, 이용자의 능동적인 미디어 이용행태 증가 등 미디어 환경의 변화는 장애인의 방송 접근성을 어렵게 하고 있으며 그 결과, 비장애인과의 정보격차가 커지고 있는 현실이다. 이에 2011년 7월 방송법의 개정으로 장애인방송 접근권 보장에 관한 고시가 제정되고 2013년 국가정보화기본법의 개정으로 웹 접근성 지침의 효력이 커지면서 시청각 장애인의 미디어접근권의 법적 근거가 마련되었다. 하지만 장애인을 위한 미디어 서비스는 여전히 양적 질적으로 부족한 현실이다. 본 연구에서는 시각장애인들의 미디어 접근에 필요한 해설오디오 서비스의 제공 현황을 알아보고 100명의 시각장애인들을 대상으로 실시한 해설오디오 서비스의 활용 실태, 만족도 및 개선 요구사항 등에 대한 설문조사 결과를 분석한다.