Using Annotations to Increase Accessibility for People with Special Needs and Preferences

Behzad Kateli

Latrobe University

Presentation Overview

What are Annotations? How can they be used? Annotation Tools Amaya and Annotea Use Cases and Demonstrations

What are annotations?

Attachments to web documents:NotesCommentsInterpretationsReviewsExplanationsExternal Remarks etc..

How can they be used?

Teacher reviewing homework/assignments

Teacher adding annotations for students with special needs

Students annotating for research/study

Museums annotating cultural artefacts Etc

Annotation Tools

Annotea http://www.w3.org/2001/Annotea/

Amaya http://www.w3.org/Amaya/

Annozilla http://annozilla.mozdev.org/

Annogates http://www.formatvorlage.de/experiment/annotea/

Zope http://www.zope.org/

Annotation Tools (cont)

Snufkin http://jibbering.com/snufkin

SWAD-Europe Annotea Tools http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/Europe/200209/annodem

o/readme.html

LibAnnoteaMoving Development from Amaya to

Mozilla

Annotea

W3C annotation server Uses W3C standards and

Technologies Uses RDF metadata framework User access Store, edit, delete annotations

Annotea (cont)

Installation Information:W3C installation instructions can be

painful Use installation Make file.

http://www.w3.org/1999/02/26-modules/dist/

Eric Prud'hommeaux

Amaya

Free W3C web browser and authoring tool.

Build, modify web pages. Annotation feature

Educational Use Case

Annotating for students with special needs/preferences.

Rebecca is an international student from Greece visiting an Australian university. She is a little worried that she will not be able to understand her course materials as her English literacy is very limited.

Use Case (cont)

Add annotation of text in Greek Use Bable Fish translation Service

http://babelfish.altavista.com/

Change text size, color, font, background

Live example www.ozewai.org/2004

Assisting students with disabilities

Paper Case Study Summary:

Maria is a successful student who often has difficulty with technical English.

Like many intelligent students, Maria is dyslexic

Use Case (Cont)

Factors to Consider (Dyslexia.com)Background ColourFont Style Images and PicturesShort Sentences and ParagraphsParagraph JustificationNavigation

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isotope

Interpretation of Quinkan Cultural Resources

Cultural Repository Annotations can be made by:

AnthropologistsArcheologistsResearchersCataloguers Etc

WORKSHOP FRIDAY

Very hands-on Matchbox Server Small intro to Annotea Focus on Amaya Exercises on creating annotations

More Information

For more information please read the paper submitted at OZEWAI 2004

Behzad Kateli and Liddy Nevile, Using Annotations to Increase Accessibility for People with Special Needs and Preferences, Ozewai 2004.

Behzad Kateli – bakateli@cs.latrobe.edu.au

Liddy Nevile - liddy@SunriseResearch.org