Pub Date : 2017-12-01DOI: 10.1109/ICTA.2017.8336055
Nadia Aouiti, M. Jemni, Sameer Semreen
This research paper presents the development step of our Arab Gloss proposed system [1][2] mades for the ArabSTS (Arab Sign Language Translating System). ArabSTS aims to translate the Arabic text to Arabic Sign Language (ArbSL). This work is a part of a big project developed in Latice Laboratory which is the WebSign project [3]. WebSign is a web Application taking as input a natural sentence aiming to translate this sentence in a visual and body language in real time. The Animation level is based on the technology of the Avatar. Our work focuses on the Arabic language as the text in the input, which needs many treatments due to the particularity of this language. ArabSTS starts from the linguistic treatment of the Arabic sentence, passing through the definition and the development of the Arabic Annotation Gloss system, which is the main topic of this paper, and coming finally to the generation of an animated sentence using the avatar technology.
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Pub Date : 2017-12-01DOI: 10.1109/ICTA.2017.8336044
Lamma Tatwany, H. Ouertani
In recent years with the rapidly growth of smart phones/devices, augmented reality becomes part of many mobile applications. For instance, we can cite the translation applications. This paper reports on a review of literature on augmented reality text translation. The main components of any augmented reality translation application are: text detection, text extraction and text translation. Therefore the factors considered in our study include: the used Optical Character Recognition (OCR) for text extraction, the used technique/algorithm for detecting the text, the used API's for text translation, the used tools in developing these applications and used programming language(s), the application supporting platform(s), the supported translation languages, the dataset used for evaluating the system and lastly, the results of the experiments. In total, 12 studies published between 1998 and 2016 were analyzed. The main findings from this review provide the current state of the art on research in augmented reality in text translation. Furthermore, the paper permits to set up the ways towards developing an android mobile application for real time Arabic text translation. Although the enrichment and the integration of the new technologies in the translation process, the existing applications are still limited to few number of languages. Arabic language is one of those not yet supported.
{"title":"A review on using augmented reality in text translation","authors":"Lamma Tatwany, H. Ouertani","doi":"10.1109/ICTA.2017.8336044","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICTA.2017.8336044","url":null,"abstract":"In recent years with the rapidly growth of smart phones/devices, augmented reality becomes part of many mobile applications. For instance, we can cite the translation applications. This paper reports on a review of literature on augmented reality text translation. The main components of any augmented reality translation application are: text detection, text extraction and text translation. Therefore the factors considered in our study include: the used Optical Character Recognition (OCR) for text extraction, the used technique/algorithm for detecting the text, the used API's for text translation, the used tools in developing these applications and used programming language(s), the application supporting platform(s), the supported translation languages, the dataset used for evaluating the system and lastly, the results of the experiments. In total, 12 studies published between 1998 and 2016 were analyzed. The main findings from this review provide the current state of the art on research in augmented reality in text translation. Furthermore, the paper permits to set up the ways towards developing an android mobile application for real time Arabic text translation. Although the enrichment and the integration of the new technologies in the translation process, the existing applications are still limited to few number of languages. Arabic language is one of those not yet supported.","PeriodicalId":129665,"journal":{"name":"2017 6th International Conference on Information and Communication Technology and Accessibility (ICTA)","volume":"58 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133714458","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2017-12-01DOI: 10.1109/ICTA.2017.8336043
N. Robert, Judie Arulappan, Sathish Kumar Jayapal
The study is aimed to assess the effectiveness of information education communication (IEC) package on knowledge of teachers regarding learning disabilities at selected schools, Vellore, India. A Quantitative research approach and a quasi-experimental Pre and Posttest control group design was adopted in the study. Pilot study was conducted in St. Joseph's matriculation higher secondary school, Maraimalai Nagar, Kancheepuram District to find out the feasibility of conducting the main study. In the main study, the data of study group was gathered from 7th day Adventist matriculation higher secondary school and Vidhya Vihar matriculation higher secondary school and the control group was collected from Bethel matriculation higher secondary school and Blesso matriculation higher secondary school through non probability convenient sampling technique. 30 teachers in study group and 30 teachers in control group were chosen as samples of the study. The knowledge questionnaire was validated and found to be reliable to collect the data. The result of the study concluded that the IEC package was effective in improving the knowledge of teachers regarding learning disabilities.
这项研究的目的是评估在印度Vellore选定的学校中,关于教师学习障碍知识的信息教育传播包的有效性。本研究采用定量研究方法和准实验前、后测试对照组设计。在Kancheepuram区Maraimalai Nagar的St. Joseph高中进行了试点研究,以确定进行主要研究的可行性。在主要研究中,研究组的数据来自基督复临安息日会(seventh day Adventist)预科高中和Vidhya Vihar预科高中,对照组的数据来自Bethel预科高中和Blesso预科高中,采用非概率方便抽样技术。选取研究组30名教师和对照组30名教师作为研究样本。对知识问卷进行了验证,发现其收集数据是可靠的。研究的结论是,教育、教育、教育一揽子计划有效地提高了教师对学习障碍的认识。
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Pub Date : 2017-12-01DOI: 10.1109/ICTA.2017.8336009
Noha A. Al-Rajhi, Hend Suliman Al-Khalifa
Due to the need of disseminating digital manufacturing culture among Arab's youth generation to become manufacturers rather than consumers, and since Three-Dimensional (3D) printing could be considered one aspect of digital manufacturing, a specialized workshop was prepared and conducted targeting young female high school students. This paper discusses the workshop experience and its results.
{"title":"Moving towards digital manufacturing in the Arab Region: A 3D printing workshop experience","authors":"Noha A. Al-Rajhi, Hend Suliman Al-Khalifa","doi":"10.1109/ICTA.2017.8336009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICTA.2017.8336009","url":null,"abstract":"Due to the need of disseminating digital manufacturing culture among Arab's youth generation to become manufacturers rather than consumers, and since Three-Dimensional (3D) printing could be considered one aspect of digital manufacturing, a specialized workshop was prepared and conducted targeting young female high school students. This paper discusses the workshop experience and its results.","PeriodicalId":129665,"journal":{"name":"2017 6th International Conference on Information and Communication Technology and Accessibility (ICTA)","volume":"66 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121684429","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2017-12-01DOI: 10.1109/ICTA.2017.8336069
Patrick Guilbaud, Michael Whitney
This study investigated students' perceptions and reactions to the integration of Open Educational Resources (OERs) Wikipedia, YouTube, etc. in an in-seat business course. The students in the course came from multi-cultural, multi-national, and multi-ethnic backgrounds. Preliminary results indicate that all students use an online site and the OERs to collaborate on group assignments and to build relationships with their peers. In addition, most of the international students spent extra time reviewing the OERs and other materials placed online to prepare for in-class discussions and exams. As the higher education landscape continues to tilt towards a global, open-sourced, and inter-connected learning environment, the use of OERs will allow faculty members to help students enhance learning experiences, build strong connections with their peers, and gain greater appreciation of diverse cultures and diverse viewpoints, while in college.
{"title":"Technology-enhanced learning and the multi-cultural classroom: Exploring impacts of open educational resources' use on collaboration and teamwork","authors":"Patrick Guilbaud, Michael Whitney","doi":"10.1109/ICTA.2017.8336069","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICTA.2017.8336069","url":null,"abstract":"This study investigated students' perceptions and reactions to the integration of Open Educational Resources (OERs) Wikipedia, YouTube, etc. in an in-seat business course. The students in the course came from multi-cultural, multi-national, and multi-ethnic backgrounds. Preliminary results indicate that all students use an online site and the OERs to collaborate on group assignments and to build relationships with their peers. In addition, most of the international students spent extra time reviewing the OERs and other materials placed online to prepare for in-class discussions and exams. As the higher education landscape continues to tilt towards a global, open-sourced, and inter-connected learning environment, the use of OERs will allow faculty members to help students enhance learning experiences, build strong connections with their peers, and gain greater appreciation of diverse cultures and diverse viewpoints, while in college.","PeriodicalId":129665,"journal":{"name":"2017 6th International Conference on Information and Communication Technology and Accessibility (ICTA)","volume":"22 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133451431","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2017-12-01DOI: 10.1109/ICTA.2017.8336050
A. Othman, Mohammed Mohsin
Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) might lack communication and social capabilities, which are essential for collaboration with other individuals and for the quality of life. The autistic children typically have problems in perceiving and displaying social clues and sentiments, a condition that obscures, even more, their deficiency of interaction abilities. Recent research has shown that robots can be helpful in stimulating social skills in autistic children, encouraging imitation, touch, eye gaze, and communication with persons. This paper aims to understand the theoretical basis of how robots can be helpful in improving the social skills of children with Autism. The paper will also examine empirical literature along with the particular focus on social robots which have been designed especially to improve social skills of children with autism.
{"title":"How could robots improve social skills in children with Autism?","authors":"A. Othman, Mohammed Mohsin","doi":"10.1109/ICTA.2017.8336050","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICTA.2017.8336050","url":null,"abstract":"Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) might lack communication and social capabilities, which are essential for collaboration with other individuals and for the quality of life. The autistic children typically have problems in perceiving and displaying social clues and sentiments, a condition that obscures, even more, their deficiency of interaction abilities. Recent research has shown that robots can be helpful in stimulating social skills in autistic children, encouraging imitation, touch, eye gaze, and communication with persons. This paper aims to understand the theoretical basis of how robots can be helpful in improving the social skills of children with Autism. The paper will also examine empirical literature along with the particular focus on social robots which have been designed especially to improve social skills of children with autism.","PeriodicalId":129665,"journal":{"name":"2017 6th International Conference on Information and Communication Technology and Accessibility (ICTA)","volume":"35 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130450361","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2017-12-01DOI: 10.1109/ICTA.2017.8336020
Nesreen Mejbri, Fathi Essalmi, V. Rus
This paper explores the use of intelligent conversation and simulation to increase learning outcomes of science topics, i.e. Physics in our case. The underlying theory is that educational 3D interactive simulations can enhance learning by, first of all, adding a playful element to the learning process which boosts motivation, and, second, by creating an opportunity to "learn by doing" when enabling the learner to explore the simulated phenomena by themselves. Furthermore, conversational agents can enhance and strengthen the simulation-based learning environment by playing the role of guide or tutor, e.g. offering hints when the student is struggling, as well as evaluator, which is needed to provide appropriate feedback and guidance. Subsequently, a prototype of an educational system that combines a Physics simulation and a conversational agent was developed and then evaluated. In order to evaluate the effectiveness of the proposed educational system to induce learning gains, we conducted a randomized controlled trial experiment. In particular, we compared the following experimental conditions: using a simulation alone followed by a full system that included both the simulation and a conversational agent versus the conversational agent alone followed by the full system. In both conditions, students were exposed to the same content.
{"title":"Educational system based on simulation and intelligent conversation","authors":"Nesreen Mejbri, Fathi Essalmi, V. Rus","doi":"10.1109/ICTA.2017.8336020","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICTA.2017.8336020","url":null,"abstract":"This paper explores the use of intelligent conversation and simulation to increase learning outcomes of science topics, i.e. Physics in our case. The underlying theory is that educational 3D interactive simulations can enhance learning by, first of all, adding a playful element to the learning process which boosts motivation, and, second, by creating an opportunity to \"learn by doing\" when enabling the learner to explore the simulated phenomena by themselves. Furthermore, conversational agents can enhance and strengthen the simulation-based learning environment by playing the role of guide or tutor, e.g. offering hints when the student is struggling, as well as evaluator, which is needed to provide appropriate feedback and guidance. Subsequently, a prototype of an educational system that combines a Physics simulation and a conversational agent was developed and then evaluated. In order to evaluate the effectiveness of the proposed educational system to induce learning gains, we conducted a randomized controlled trial experiment. In particular, we compared the following experimental conditions: using a simulation alone followed by a full system that included both the simulation and a conversational agent versus the conversational agent alone followed by the full system. In both conditions, students were exposed to the same content.","PeriodicalId":129665,"journal":{"name":"2017 6th International Conference on Information and Communication Technology and Accessibility (ICTA)","volume":"36 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129052319","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2017-12-01DOI: 10.1109/ICTA.2017.8336056
Atiga Yousif Elmubark, Rania Eltahir Abood, Intsar Ibraheem Ahmed Alhaj
Education is a legitimate right for all, since 1992 basic education has become compulsory in Sudan. Nevertheless, some children who suffer from severe complex physical disabilities are deprived from going to school because of their need for constant care. Because of this the "Physical disability challengers' organization" started a project for providing computer enhanced education for some disabled children who can't attend school. This study used the descriptive analytical method. It aimed at evaluating the project according the four zones of the inclusive learning Lab by evaluating: the ability of the project's academic subjects to provide multidisciplinary approach to formal educational, and the infrastructure accessibility for the disabled children. Besides, assessing the utilization of the ICT and the project development of social and self-acceptance in the children. The study concluded that the project's academic subjects didn't provide approach to formal education. The infrastructure allowed some accessibility for the disabled children. There was no utilization of ICT. The project developed some social and self-acceptance in the children. Based on these results the study provided two years project plan for educating disabled children.
{"title":"Education of children with complex disabilities who can't attend school in Sudan: Evaluation and future plan from the perception of the inclusive learning lab","authors":"Atiga Yousif Elmubark, Rania Eltahir Abood, Intsar Ibraheem Ahmed Alhaj","doi":"10.1109/ICTA.2017.8336056","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICTA.2017.8336056","url":null,"abstract":"Education is a legitimate right for all, since 1992 basic education has become compulsory in Sudan. Nevertheless, some children who suffer from severe complex physical disabilities are deprived from going to school because of their need for constant care. Because of this the \"Physical disability challengers' organization\" started a project for providing computer enhanced education for some disabled children who can't attend school. This study used the descriptive analytical method. It aimed at evaluating the project according the four zones of the inclusive learning Lab by evaluating: the ability of the project's academic subjects to provide multidisciplinary approach to formal educational, and the infrastructure accessibility for the disabled children. Besides, assessing the utilization of the ICT and the project development of social and self-acceptance in the children. The study concluded that the project's academic subjects didn't provide approach to formal education. The infrastructure allowed some accessibility for the disabled children. There was no utilization of ICT. The project developed some social and self-acceptance in the children. Based on these results the study provided two years project plan for educating disabled children.","PeriodicalId":129665,"journal":{"name":"2017 6th International Conference on Information and Communication Technology and Accessibility (ICTA)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130138536","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2017-12-01DOI: 10.1109/ICTA.2017.8336066
Alireza Darvishy
This paper introduces different barriers encountered by researchers and lecturers with disabilities or chronic health conditions (RWDs) in academia, as well as requirements for an inclusive ICT environment in order to overcome these barriers (work in progress). These barriers were identified by carrying out interviews with RWDs and focus groups. While some of the barriers are similar to barriers faced by students with disabilities, others are very specific to RWDs. Continuous monitoring and assessment of digital accessibility at higher educational institutions is crucial to maintain an accessible environment for this group of people with disabilities. The terms "digital accessibility", "e-accessibility", and "ICT-Accessibility" are used interchangeably in this paper.
{"title":"E-accessibility supports researchers with disabilities","authors":"Alireza Darvishy","doi":"10.1109/ICTA.2017.8336066","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICTA.2017.8336066","url":null,"abstract":"This paper introduces different barriers encountered by researchers and lecturers with disabilities or chronic health conditions (RWDs) in academia, as well as requirements for an inclusive ICT environment in order to overcome these barriers (work in progress). These barriers were identified by carrying out interviews with RWDs and focus groups. While some of the barriers are similar to barriers faced by students with disabilities, others are very specific to RWDs. Continuous monitoring and assessment of digital accessibility at higher educational institutions is crucial to maintain an accessible environment for this group of people with disabilities. The terms \"digital accessibility\", \"e-accessibility\", and \"ICT-Accessibility\" are used interchangeably in this paper.","PeriodicalId":129665,"journal":{"name":"2017 6th International Conference on Information and Communication Technology and Accessibility (ICTA)","volume":"25 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129346187","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2017-12-01DOI: 10.1109/ICTA.2017.8336049
A. M. Rahma, Alipour Saeid, Muhsen J. Abdul Hussien
Cuneiform symbols represent a complex problem in pattern recognition, in particular for OCR (optical character recognition) due to challenges related to cuneiform-like character distortion and font heterogeneity. This paper proposes new approaches to recognise Assyrian cuneiform characters using OCR to classify the symbols. as a new way to recognize the Assyrian letters by dealing with symbols of complex character. The dataset utilised consists of 16 patterns to reflect all probabilities associated with each cuneiform symbol related to their shape and directions, assuming each character consists of a set of symbols. Polygon approximation techniques are used to generate feature vectors for the classification tasks. The proposed method obtains classification ratios up to 91% depending on the algorithm used for the feature vector.
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