Enabling access to geo-referenced information: Atlas.txt

Kavita E. Thomas, Livia Sumegi, Leo Ferres, Somayajulu Sripada

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Abstract

We present Atlas.txt, a novel data-to-text natural language generation system which enables access to geo-referenced information like online census data. We first discuss initial findings from an accessibility study on geo-referenced data and outline needs requirements for visually-impaired users of such data. We then present work towards realising our data-to-text system and indicate how it aims to address this issue.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationW4A'08
Subtitle of host publicationProceedings of the 2008 International Cross-Disciplinary Conference on Web Accessibility, W4A
Pages101-104
Number of pages4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 Dec 2008
EventW4A'08: 2008 International Cross-Disciplinary Conference on Web Accessibility, W4A - Beijing, China
Duration: 21 Apr 200822 Apr 2008

Conference

ConferenceW4A'08: 2008 International Cross-Disciplinary Conference on Web Accessibility, W4A
Country/TerritoryChina
CityBeijing
Period21/04/0822/04/08

Keywords

  • Geo-referenced data
  • Visually-impaired access

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