Title
Educational impact of structured podcasts on blind users
Abstract
Podcasts are increasingly present in education. However, sequential and continuous listening to didactic material might not be the most appropriate form for learning. For instance, if not well-organized, it can be frustrating to retrieve specific information from educational podcasts. We believe that structured podcasts (i.e., audio files that exploit the document structure) could facilitate navigation and search of content. In this paper we investigate the impact of structured podcasts on blind users, through a user test and satisfaction questionnaire administered to eighteen visually-impaired persons. Results confirm that structured podcasts are simple to use, rapid to explore and are greatly appreciated by blind users.
Year
DOI
Venue
2011
10.1007/978-3-642-21657-2_56
HCI (8)
Keywords
Field
DocType
continuous listening,satisfaction questionnaire,user test,blind user,educational impact,structured podcasts,audio file,educational podcasts,specific information,appropriate form,document structure
Screen reader,World Wide Web,Computer science,Document Structure Description,Active listening,Exploit,Specific-information,Multimedia
Conference
Volume
ISSN
Citations 
6768
0302-9743
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
7
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Maria Claudia Buzzi116023.60
Marina Buzzi224233.45
Barbara Leporini342846.45
Giulio Mori463242.10