ERIC Number: ED624178
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2022
Pages: 8
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Designing of Volunteer Reader Mobile Application for Visually Impaired Individuals
Online Submission, Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the International EJERCongress (2022)
Purpose: Books are one of the essential tools that have the potential to affect the imagination of every individual, regardless of age group. Books, which have an importance that can directly or indirectly affect the characters and whole lives of individuals, are materials that can be used to develop thinking and social skills. In the context of the content, quality, type, and level of the book read in the research; it is seen that it has positive contributions to the development of the creative thinking skills of the individual. Due to their permanent physical disabilities, visually impaired individuals cannot directly access the literary works they want to access. Visually impaired individuals can access these problems with the help of various tools by paying specific fees. It restricts visually impaired individuals with low care costs and low socio-economic levels from subscribing to various audiobook applications for particular prices. Method: In this study, we designed a mobile application to enable visually impaired individuals to access literary works for free and offline. The model of the application is based entirely on volunteerism. Through the mobile application developed by the volunteers, the books are read and converted into audiobooks according to the wishes of visually impaired individuals. Furthermore, the application developed for iOS operating systems is free and can work offline. Implications for Research and Practice: We believe the proposed model will improve the problems faced by visually impaired individuals accessing audiobooks freely and shed light on new researchers conducting innovation-based studies in special education. [This paper was published in: "EJERCongress 2022 Conference Proceedings," Ani Publishing, 2022, pp. 166-173.]
Publication Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Turkey
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