JP2011048580A - Web information presenting device and web information presenting method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a Web information presenting device and a Web information presenting method which are capable of easily presenting Web information of a configuration suitable for voice reading when a browser having a voice reading function requests viewing of Web information. <P>SOLUTION: The Web information presenting device includes a visually handicapped person screen information generating part 12 for generating visually handicapped person screen information based on the screen information for healthy person, a screen information group storing part 14 which stores the screen information for healthy person, the screen information for handicapped person that is generated, and the information for detection which is associated with the screen information as screen information group, a Web information acquiring part 17 which, upon acquiring address information for detection information for requesting Web information by a Web browser having voice reading function from a user terminal 20, acquires the screen information for visually handicapped person that corresponds to the detection information as the Web information, and a Web information presenting part 18 which presents the Web information to the user terminal 20 that is the source of the address information. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a Web information providing apparatus and a Web information providing method for generating and providing information for a visually impaired person.

  2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, a large amount of Web information is provided using a network such as the Internet due to advances in technology related to information communication networks and communication devices.

  Most of these Web information is provided for healthy people, and is configured so that the information can be easily recognized visually. For this reason, there are many things that are displayed by being divided into a plurality of frames, decorating main character information with a conspicuous color or size, or incorporating an image image or the like.

  On the other hand, there is a browser having a function of automatically reading out text information in displayed Web information by voice as a browser for visually impaired persons to browse Web information using a PC (Personal computer).

  This browser is configured for automatic reading because it does not consider recognizing complicated information such as frames, decoration characters, and image information such as the above-mentioned Web information. In addition, there is a case where the contents of the Web information cannot be read out in a state that can be easily recognized by a visually impaired person unless it is so-called barrier-free Web information.

  For this reason, it is conceivable to create Web information for visually handicapped persons separately from Web information for healthy persons, but there is a problem that it takes time and cost if they are created separately.

  Therefore, Patent Document 1 describes a technique for optimizing Web information having a complicated configuration provided for healthy persons as described above with a browser having a voice reading function.

  By utilizing the technology of the information providing system described in Patent Document 1, when browsing with a browser having a voice reading function, it is unnecessary so that the contents of the Web information can be easily recognized by voice information by automatic reading. It is possible to optimize by deleting images, changing the order of information presentation, and correcting the style.

JP 2003-223463 A

  However, this Patent Document 1 does not describe a specific optimization method when browsing web information with a browser having a voice reading function, and allows visually impaired persons to browse web information more easily and accurately. The technology to make it possible to do so has been desired.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and easily provides Web information having a configuration suitable for voice reading when a browser having a voice reading function for visually impaired persons is requested to browse the Web information. An object of the present invention is to provide a Web information providing apparatus and a Web information providing method that can be used.

  In order to achieve the above object, a Web information providing apparatus according to the present invention includes a voice reading function in an information providing apparatus connected to a plurality of user terminals including a user terminal equipped with a Web browser having a voice reading function via a network. The screen information input unit for the healthy person who inputs the tag information to the information to be read aloud when the information is output by the Web browser having the screen, and the screen information input unit for the healthy person input from the screen information input unit for the healthy person The screen information generation unit for the visually handicapped person that extracts the information attached with the tag information from the screen information for the healthy person to generate screen information for the visually handicapped person, and the screen information input unit for the healthy person Screen information for the healthy person, screen information for the visually impaired generated by the screen information generation unit for the visually impaired, and screen information for the healthy person And a screen information group storage unit that stores detection information associated with the screen information for the visually impaired as a screen information group, and a web browser to request web information from any user terminal Browser identification unit for identifying whether or not the Web browser used for transmitting the address information is a Web browser having a voice reading function when the address information for accessing the detection information transmitted is acquired When the browser identifying unit identifies that the web browser used for transmitting the address information is a web browser having a speech reading function, it corresponds to the detection information stored at the position indicated by the address information. Screen information for visually impaired persons to be acquired from the screen information group storage unit as corresponding Web information A Web information acquisition section, the Web information acquired by the Web information acquiring unit, characterized in that it comprises a Web information providing unit that provides the originating user terminal of the address information.

  In the Web information providing method of the present invention, an information providing apparatus connected to a plurality of user terminals including a user terminal equipped with a Web browser having a voice reading function via a network is a Web browser having a voice reading function. A screen information input step for a healthy person that inputs screen information for a healthy person with tag information added to information to be read aloud when output, and a screen for a healthy person input by the screen information input step for the healthy person A screen information generation step for visually impaired persons that extracts information with the tag information from the information to generate screen information for visually impaired persons, and a screen for healthy persons input by the screen information input step for healthy persons Information, screen information for the visually impaired generated by the screen information generation step for the visually impaired, and the healthy person A screen information group storage step for storing the screen information and the detection information associated with the screen information for the visually impaired in the screen information group storage unit in the own apparatus as a screen information group, and any user terminal When the address information for accessing the detection information transmitted from the web browser for requesting the web information is acquired, the web browser used for transmitting the address information has a voice reading function. A browser identification step for identifying whether or not the browser is a web browser, and when the browser identification step identifies that the web browser used for transmitting the address information is a web browser having a voice reading function, the address information Screen information for the visually impaired corresponding to the detection information stored at the position indicated by Web information acquisition step of acquiring from the screen information group storage unit as corresponding Web information, and Web information providing step of providing the Web information acquired by the Web information acquisition step to the user terminal that is the source of the address information It is characterized by having.

  According to the Web information providing apparatus and the Web information providing method of the present invention, when browsing of Web information is requested by a browser having a voice reading function for visually impaired persons, Web information having a configuration suitable for voice reading can be easily obtained. Can be provided.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the web information provision system using the web information provision apparatus by one Embodiment of this invention. It is a sequence diagram which shows operation | movement of the Web information provision system using the Web information provision apparatus by one Embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of the HTML information of the screen for healthy persons input into the Web information provision apparatus by one Embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of the HTML information of the screen for visually impaired persons produced | generated with the Web information provision apparatus by one Embodiment of this invention. It is a screen block diagram of the screen for healthy persons which was transmitted from the Web information provision apparatus by one Embodiment of this invention, and was displayed on the user terminal. It is a screen block diagram of the screen for visually impaired persons transmitted from the Web information providing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention and displayed on the user terminal.

<Configuration of Information Providing System According to One Embodiment>
FIG. 1 shows a configuration of a Web information providing system 1 using a Web information providing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

  The web information providing system 1 according to the present embodiment includes a web information providing apparatus 10 and a user terminal 20 that is equipped with a web browser having a voice reading function and is operated by a user who browses web information via a network 30. It is connected. Although FIG. 1 shows a case where only one user terminal 20 is connected to the network 30, a plurality of user terminals are actually connected to the network 30.

  The Web information providing apparatus 10 includes a screen information input unit 11 for healthy persons, a screen information generation unit 12 for visually impaired persons, a screen information group generation unit 13, a screen information group storage unit 14, and a URL information acquisition unit 15. The browser identification unit 16, the Web information acquisition unit 17, and the Web information provision unit 18.

  The screen information input unit 11 for the healthy person inputs screen information for the healthy person, which is web information to be displayed for the healthy person, by the operation of the administrator of the web information. Among the screen information for healthy persons, information to be read aloud in a Web browser having a voice reading function is attached with voice target tag information indicating a reading order by voice.

  The visually-impaired person screen information generation unit 12 extracts information to which the audio target tag information is attached from the screen information input for the healthy person input from the screen information input part 11 for the healthy person, and is included in the audio target tag information. By rearranging based on the reading order, screen information for visually handicapped persons, which is Web information for visually handicapped persons, is generated.

  The screen information group generation unit 13 includes screen information for the healthy person input from the screen information input unit 11 for the healthy person, screen information for the visually impaired person generated by the screen information generation part 12 for the visually impaired person, and the healthy person A screen information group including the screen information for the person and the information for detection associated with the screen information for the visually impaired person.

  The screen information group storage unit 14 stores the screen information group generated by the screen information group generation unit 13.

  The URL information acquisition unit 15 acquires URL information that is address information for accessing detection information associated with desired Web information transmitted from the user terminal 20 via the network 30.

  When the URL information for accessing the detection information is acquired by the URL information acquisition unit 15, the browser identification unit 16 determines whether the Web browser used to transmit the URL information is a Web browser having a voice reading function. Is identified based on the header information of the URL information.

  When the browser identifying unit 16 identifies that the web browser used for transmitting the URL information is a web browser having a speech reading function, the web information acquiring unit 17 stores the URL at the position indicated by the URL information. Web information for the visually impaired corresponding to the information for detection is acquired from the screen information group storage unit 14 as corresponding Web information, and the Web browser used for transmitting the URL information does not have a voice reading function. When the browser is identified, the screen information for the healthy person corresponding to the detection information stored at the position indicated by the URL information is acquired from the screen information group storage unit 14 as the corresponding Web information.

  The Web information providing unit 18 provides the Web information acquired by the Web information acquiring unit 17 to the user terminal 20 that is the transmission source of the URL information acquired by the URL information acquiring unit 15.

  The user terminal 20 includes a web browser operation unit 21 and an output unit 22.

  The Web browser operation unit 21 is operated by a user's operation, and URL information for accessing detection information associated with desired Web information is transmitted via the network 30 using the installed Web browser. It transmits to the information providing apparatus 10 and receives Web information provided by transmitting this URL information.

  The output unit 22 displays information on the Web browser that is operating in the Web browser operation unit 21 and the received Web information, and outputs the Web information received by the voice reading function in a voice.

<Operation of Information Providing System According to One Embodiment>
Next, the operation of the Web information providing system 1 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to the sequence diagram of FIG.

  First, the screen information input unit 11 for the healthy person of the web information providing apparatus 10 inputs the screen information for the healthy person, which is the web information to be displayed for the healthy person, by the operation of the administrator of the web information (S1). . An example of the input screen information for healthy persons is shown in FIG.

  FIG. 3 shows an example of an extracted text information part of an HTML file as screen information for healthy persons. The screen information for healthy persons is composed of two frames, frame (1) and frame (2).

  The frame (1) includes text information “top menu” to be displayed. This text information “top menu” is information to be read aloud and displayed in the reading order when displayed on the Web browser of the speech reading function. Is attached with the audio target tag information “free4” indicating that it is the fourth, and when it is read out by voice, the attribute information “title” indicating that it is read out is added as reading information “returns to the top menu” Yes. This read-out information is text information expressed in polite language, and is set to make it easy for the visually impaired user to understand the content when read out by voice.

  Also, the frame (2) includes text information “Notification information.” To be displayed. This text information “Notification information.” Is to be read aloud when displayed on the Web browser of the voice reading function. Audio target tag information “free1” indicating that the reading order is first as well as information is attached.

  Further, the text information “10/24 (Friday) XX: Power outage” is included in the frame (2). When it is displayed on the browser, it is information that is to be read aloud and is accompanied by voice target tag information “free2” indicating that the reading order is second. On the 24th, the attribute information “title” indicating that a power failure will occur at XX will be added.

  Further, the frame (2) includes the text information “Contact: XXX” that is to be displayed. When this text information “Contact: XXX” is displayed on the Web browser of the voice reading function, In addition to the information to be read aloud, the tag information “free3” indicating that the reading order is the third is added, and when reading aloud further, the information for reading “contact address is XXX Is attached with attribute information “title” indicating that it is read out.

  The reading order of the text information to be read aloud is uniquely assigned across a plurality of frames, so that the information for the visually impaired can be made up of information composed of one frame. In addition, by making the information to be read aloud only text information, it is possible to exclude image data and partition lines that are difficult to output as audio information from the screen information for visually impaired persons.

  Next, in the screen information generation unit 12 for the visually handicapped person, the text information attached with the voice target tag information with the initial “free” from the screen information for the healthy person input from the screen information input unit 11 for the healthy person is displayed. If there is information with attribute information “title” added to the extracted text information, it is sorted based on the reading order indicated by the numbers following the audio target tag information “free”, and this information is given priority. Thus, screen information for visually impaired persons, which is Web information for visually impaired persons, is generated (S2).

  For example, from the screen information for healthy persons shown in FIG. 3, text information “top menu”, “notification information”, “10/24”, which is information with the initial tag information “free” added to the voice target tag. (Friday) “Blackout at XX” and “Contact: XXXXX” are extracted, and “Notification information” is based on the reading order indicated by the numbers attached to the tag information of the text information. ”→” 10/24 (Fri) XX power outage ”→“ Contact: XXXXX ”→“ Top menu ”, and the text information“ title ”is added to the text information“ “October 24th (Friday) XX: Power outage” is replaced with the information for reading “Friday October 24th, XX: Power outage.” The text information “Contact: XXXXX” The place is XXXXX " The text information “top menu” is replaced with the reading information “return to the top menu”.

  As a result of these processes, as shown in FIG. 4, “Notice information.” → “October power outage on Friday, October 24.” → “Contact is XXX” → “Go to top menu Screen information for visually impaired persons composed of information in the order of “return” is generated.

  When the screen information for the visually impaired is generated, the screen information group generation unit 13 generates the screen information for the healthy person input from the screen information input unit 11 for the healthy person and the screen information generation unit 12 for the visually impaired. Screen information group including the screen information for the visually impaired person, the screen information for the healthy person and the detection information associated with the screen information for the visually impaired person is generated and stored in the screen information group storage unit 14 (S3).

  As described above, when the screen information group is stored in the screen information group storage unit 14, the user who browses the web information has information as a request for browsing the web information in the screen information group. URL information which is address information in which detection information in the screen information group is stored is provided.

  Then, the user terminal 20 is operated by the user, and a Web browser having a voice reading function mounted on the user terminal 20 is used to access the detection information associated with the Web information requesting browsing. The URL information is transmitted from the web browser operation unit 21 to the web information providing apparatus 10 via the network 30 (S4). Information for identifying whether or not the Web browser used for transmission has a voice reading function is added to the header information of the URL information transmitted at this time.

  The URL information transmitted from the user terminal 20 is received and acquired by the URL information acquisition unit 15 of the Web information providing apparatus 10 (S5), and the Web browser used to transmit the URL information by the browser identification unit 16 is voiced. Whether or not the web browser has a reading function is identified based on the header information of the URL information (S6).

  In step S6, when the browser identifying unit 16 identifies that the Web browser used for transmitting the URL information is a Web browser having a voice reading function, the Web information acquiring unit 17 takes the position indicated by the URL information. Screen information for the visually impaired corresponding to the stored detection information is acquired from the screen information group storage unit 14 as corresponding Web information. In step S6, when the browser identifying unit 16 identifies that the web browser used for transmitting the URL information by the browser identifying unit 16 is a web browser that does not have a voice reading function, the web information acquiring unit 17 Thus, the screen information for the healthy person corresponding to the detection information stored at the position indicated by the URL information is acquired from the screen information group storage unit 14 as the corresponding Web information (S7).

  The Web information acquired by the Web information acquiring unit 17 is provided from the Web information providing unit 18 to the user terminal 20 that is the source of the URL information (S8). In the user terminal 20, the Web information provided from the Web information providing apparatus 10 is received by the Web browser operation unit 21 (S9) and output from the output unit 22 (S10).

  An example of the Web information output by the display is shown in FIGS. 5 is a screen 500 for the healthy person displayed based on the HTML file of the screen information for the healthy person shown in FIG. 3, and FIG. 6 is an HTML of the screen information for the visually impaired person shown in FIG. It is the screen 600 for visually impaired persons displayed based on the file.

  Based on the information shown in FIG. 3, the screen 500 for healthy persons includes a frame (1) screen 510 that displays the HTML file of frame (1) and a frame (2) screen 520 that displays the HTML file of frame (2). It is configured. On the frame (1) screen 510, an image (1) 511, an image (2) 512, and text information “top menu” 513 are displayed. In addition, the frame (2) screen 520 includes a decorative character “New!” 521, text information “important notice” 522, text information “notice information” 523, text information “10/24 (Friday) XX”. ”, A power line” 524, a partition line 525, and text information “Contact: XXX” 526 are displayed.

  The screen 600 for visually impaired persons is composed of one frame based on the information shown in FIG. 4, and includes text information “Notification information.” 601 and text information “Friday October 24th. Information “Contact is XXX” 603 and text information “Return to top menu” 604 are displayed.

  In the present embodiment, the header information of the URL information acquired by the URL information acquisition unit 15 is added with information for identifying that the message is transmitted from a Web browser having a voice reading function, and the Web browser reads the voice information. Since the Web information providing apparatus 10 automatically identifies this when it is compatible, the user only performs a normal URL input operation, as shown in FIG. 6, based on the HTML file of the screen information for the visually impaired. Web information is displayed on the output unit 22 of the user terminal 20. The displayed text information is read out by voice in an order and sentence expression that are easy for the user to understand.

  According to the present embodiment described above, by generating and storing Web information for visually impaired persons having a configuration that is easy to understand when read out by voice from Web information for healthy persons, visually impaired persons are stored. When browsing of Web information is requested from a browser having a voice reading function for the user, Web information suitable for voice reading can be easily provided.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Web information provision system 10 ... Web information provision apparatus 11 ... Screen information input part for healthy persons 12 ... Screen information generation part for visually impaired persons 13 ... Screen information group generation part 14 ... Screen information group storage part 15 ... URL information acquisition Unit 16: Browser identification unit 17 ... Web information acquisition unit 18 ... Web information provision unit 20 ... User terminal 21 ... Web browser operation unit 22 ... Output unit 30 ... Network

Claims (5)

In an information providing apparatus connected via a network to a plurality of user terminals including a user terminal equipped with a web browser having a voice reading function,
A screen information input unit for a healthy person that inputs screen information for a healthy person, with tag information attached to information to be read aloud when output by a web browser having a voice reading function;
Screen information generator for visually handicapped person that extracts information with the tag information and generates screen information for visually handicapped person from screen information for healthy person input from the screen information input part for healthy person,
Screen information for healthy persons input from the screen information input unit for healthy persons, screen information for visually impaired persons generated by the screen information generation part for visually impaired persons, screen information for the healthy persons, and the visual impairments A screen information group storage unit that stores information for detection associated with screen information for a person as a screen information group;
When address information for accessing the detection information, which is transmitted using a Web browser to request Web information from any user terminal, is acquired, the Web browser used for transmitting the address information is A browser identification unit for identifying whether or not the web browser has a voice reading function;
When the browser identifying unit identifies that the web browser used for transmitting the address information is a web browser having a voice reading function, the visual corresponding to the detection information stored at the position indicated by the address information is displayed. A Web information acquisition unit that acquires screen information for persons with disabilities as corresponding Web information from the screen information group storage unit;
A Web information providing apparatus comprising: a Web information providing unit that provides the Web information acquired by the Web information acquiring unit to a user terminal that is a source of the address information. The tag information attached to the screen information for the healthy person input in the screen information input unit for the healthy person is further appended with a number indicating the reading order by voice,
The screen information generation unit for visually impaired persons rearranges the information with the extracted tag information based on the numbers indicating the reading order included in the tag information, thereby the screen information for visually impaired persons The Web information providing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein: When the screen information for the healthy person input by the screen information input unit for the healthy person is composed of a plurality of frames, the number indicating the reading order of the tag information attached to the screen information for the healthy person is the plurality The Web information providing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the Web information providing apparatus is uniquely assigned across frames. The screen information for the healthy person input by the screen information input unit for the healthy person includes text information in which the information to be read aloud is expressed in polite words in the information to be read aloud to which the tag information is attached. It also contains some reading information,
The screen information generation unit for the visually impaired is further extracted from the screen information for the healthy person, and further includes information with tag information rearranged based on the numbers indicating the reading order. The Web information providing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the information is replaced with information to generate screen information for a visually impaired person. An information providing apparatus connected to a plurality of user terminals including a user terminal equipped with a web browser having a voice reading function via a network,
A screen information input step for a healthy person that inputs screen information for a healthy person with tag information added to information to be read aloud when output by a Web browser having a voice reading function;
Screen information generation step for visually handicapped person that extracts information with the tag information and generates screen information for visually handicapped person from screen information for healthy person input by the screen information input step for healthy person,
Screen information for the healthy person input in the screen information input step for the healthy person, screen information for the visually impaired person generated in the screen information generation step for the visually impaired person, screen information for the healthy person, and the visual disorder Screen information group storage step for storing the information for detection associated with the screen information for the person in the screen information group storage unit in the device as a screen information group;
When address information for accessing the detection information, which is transmitted using a Web browser to request Web information from any user terminal, is acquired, the Web browser used for transmitting the address information is A browser identification step for identifying whether or not the web browser has a voice reading function;
When it is identified in the browser identification step that the web browser used for transmitting the address information is a web browser having a speech reading function, the visual information corresponding to the detection information stored at the position indicated by the address information is displayed. Web information acquisition step of acquiring screen information for persons with disabilities from the screen information group storage unit as corresponding Web information;
A Web information providing method comprising: providing Web information acquired by the Web information acquiring step to a user terminal that is a source of the address information.

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