| 摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To achieve a barrier-free state between a visually handicapped person and a visually healthy person in a method for reading a text or a character string and a method for key input of an information apparatus dealing with Braille or the like for a visually handicapped person. <P>SOLUTION: Linear guides for guiding a finger or a stylus are provided on the surface of a monitor screen having a touch panel. A detecting area of the touch panel is divided along the linear guides, and Braille constituting a text or a character string is made to continuously correspond to each divided area by an information processing device. By continuously specifying positions along the linear guide on the touch panel with a finger or a stylus, the text is continuously read out with a projection/recession output device. Also, a key is made to correspond to each divided area and, when a position is specified on the touch panel with a finger or a stylus, the corresponding key is displayed on the projection/recession output device. Input is performed by searching for the key with the help of the linear guide and the projection/recession output device and specifying a target key to carry out an input decision operation. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT |
