Communications of the ACM
New Ipad App For People With Sight Loss Needs Backing From Publishers
A new iPad app could make it easier for people with low vision to read, by scrolling text from any ePub document.
Credit: Royal Holloway, University of London
A new iPad app developed by scientists at Royal Holloway University could make it easier for people with macular disease to read. The app, called MD_evReader, enhances the eccentric viewing technique for reading eBooks.
MD_evReader would enable people with low vision to scroll text from any ePub document into a single stream, like a news ticker, and would help them maintain a steady eye by presenting text into the reader’s best point of eccentric vision. Users will be able to control the speed at which the text appears with a trackpad, and make changes to background and text color. Moreover, the content can be displayed on digital TV screens and in very large font sizes.
"Volunteers who have been involved in testing the app have largely reported that the experience of reading was greatly improved with this system," says Royal Holloway professor Robin Walker.
However, researchers note that digital rights management systems would limit the impact of the app because they restrict access to books.
From Royal Holloway, University of London
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