Adapting to the user's needs and preferences Behzad Kateli
Content Publishing The medium of by which content is publishing has changed Blogs Wikis Annotations The way is which users search for content has changed FOAF/creator descriptions
Annotations Annotations can be: Notes Summaries Web Pages Blogs Wikis Annotations can be attached to web documents
Adapting to User Needs and Preferences Based on IMS AccessForAll metadata specification. A user can create a Access For All user profiles which allows them to customise content based on: Display Preferences Control Preferences Content Preferences
Display Preferences Font Face, Size Foreground, Background Colour Using Screen readers Using a Braille display Tactile technology Visual Alters
Control Preferences Enhancing Keyboard Mouse Emulation Voice Recognition Structural Navigation etc
Content Preferences Alternative to visual Alternatives to audio Alternatives to text etc
AnnoSource An experimental Annotation client which integrates Access For All & FOAF/VCard creator descriptions. User can create annotations and include FOAF information User can create an Access For All profile Annotations customise based on user preferences
Additions to AnnoSource AnnoSource includes customised/local services for content preferences: Language Translation Braille Font Translation Include author/creator FOAF information
Demonstration Adding an annotation which includes information about OzeWAI 2005
Adding an Annotation
Adding an Annotation cont.
Adapting to Display Preferences - Example Peter has visual preferences. He wants content to be Cursive Font Face, large text and include black background with yellow text
Example Cont.
Example Cont. – Transformed Annotation
Adapting to Content Preferences - Example Peter is an Italian student. Sometimes he prefers to view content in Italian AnnoSource uses on-line language translation servers to transform annotation content to variety of different languages. Google Language Tools Altavista - Babel Fish Language Translation
Example Cont.
Example Cont. – Transformed Annotation
Language Translation – Other Examples English to Spanish English to Japanese English to Korean English to Portuguese
Including FOAF information Peter wants to view creator information
Example Cont. – Transformed Annotation – With FOAF (Italian)
Adapting to Control Preferences - Example Peter doesn’t want to view the full annotation but just a summary.
Example Cont. – Transformed Annotation – With Summary English Italian
Braille Example
Braille Example - Cont
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