Cornell University, Ithaca NY

AUDIO SYSTEM FOR TECHNICAL READINGS

T. V. Raman

May 9, 2003

Abstract
Biographical Sketch
Dedication
Acknowledgements
 Foreword By Prof. David Gries
Foreword
 Preface
Preface
T. V. Raman
Contents
List of Tables
List of Figures
1 Audio System for Technical Readings
 1.1 Motivation
 1.2 What is AS TE R?
 1.3 Rendering Documents
 1.4 Extending AS TE R
 1.5 Producing Different Audio Views
 1.6 Using the Full Power of AS TE R
2 Recognizing High-Level Document Structure
 2.1 Document models
 2.2 Representing Mathematical Content
 2.3 Constructing High-Level Representations
 2.4 Macros Introduce New Object Types
 2.5 Unambiguous Document Encodings
3 AFL: Audio Formatting Language
 3.1 Overview
 3.2 The Speech Component
 3.3 Combining Different Spaces in AFL
 3.4 Audio Formatting using Non-Speech Audio
 3.5 The Pronunciation Component
 3.6 Some Concluding Remarks on AFL
4 Rendering Rules and Styles
 4.1 Rendering Rules and Styles
 4.2 Rendering Document Content
 4.3 Rendering Mathematics
 4.4 Processing the Quasi-Prefix Form
 4.5 Descriptive Renderings
 4.6 Variable Substitution
 4.7 Floating Objects
5 Browsing Audio Documents
 5.1 Introduction
 5.2 How Does Browsing Work?
 5.3 Traversing High-Level Document Structure
 5.4 Rendering the Current Selection
 5.5 Cross-References and Bookmarks
6 Related Work
 6.1 Electronic Documents
 6.2 Summary of Work in Audio Interfaces
A Documentation
 A.1 Setting Up AS TE R
 A.2 The Recognizer
 A.3 AFL
 A.4 Rendering Information Structure
 A.5 The Browser
 A.6 Some CLOS Terminology
 Using CLOS
B Accessibility
 Access To Computers
 Accessible Document Encodings
 Online Books
Bibliography

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