doi: 10.7763/IJIET.2014.V4.424
The Development of Low Cost Electronic Books for the Blind
Adisorn Sirikham
,
Yuwadee Sae-Ear
Abstract
The objective of this research is to develop low cost mobile electronic books for the blind and to evaluate their satisfaction with the electronic books. Instruments used for this study consisted of: 1) Mobile electronic books, 2) Evaluation forms for the target group consisting of 30 people who are blind. The research determined that: 1) The quality of electronic books that have been invented for the blind have an average value of 4.25 which is satisfactory 2) The level of satisfaction with these books by blind people showed an average of 4.18 which is a high level of satisfaction. Therefore, the development of the format for these mobile electronic books can be used for further study to gain more knowledge.
Keywords
- Mobile electronic book
- audio book
- mobile educational media
- blind people
How to Cite
Adisorn Sirikham and Yuwadee Sae-Ear, "The Development of Low Cost Electronic Books for the Blind," International Journal of Information and Education Technology, vol. 4, no. 4, pp. 332-335, 2014. https://doi.org/10.7763/IJIET.2014.V4.424
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