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E-learning : Web-based Accessibility Framework for Tamil Disabled

Published on December 2012 by N. Rajkumar, B. Gohin, Viji Vinod
EGovernance and Cloud Computing Services - 2012
Foundation of Computer Science USA
EGOV - Number 2
December 2012
Authors: N. Rajkumar, B. Gohin, Viji Vinod
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N. Rajkumar, B. Gohin, Viji Vinod . E-learning : Web-based Accessibility Framework for Tamil Disabled. EGovernance and Cloud Computing Services - 2012. EGOV, 2 (December 2012), 15-22.

@article{
author = { N. Rajkumar, B. Gohin, Viji Vinod },
title = { E-learning : Web-based Accessibility Framework for Tamil Disabled },
journal = { EGovernance and Cloud Computing Services - 2012 },
issue_date = { December 2012 },
volume = { EGOV },
number = { 2 },
month = { December },
year = { 2012 },
issn = 0975-8887,
pages = { 15-22 },
numpages = 8,
url = { /proceedings/egov/number2/9490-1013/ },
publisher = {Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA},
address = {New York, USA}
}
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%A N. Rajkumar
%A B. Gohin
%A Viji Vinod
%T E-learning : Web-based Accessibility Framework for Tamil Disabled
%J EGovernance and Cloud Computing Services - 2012
%@ 0975-8887
%V EGOV
%N 2
%P 15-22
%D 2012
%I International Journal of Computer Applications
Abstract

E-learning could be a great tool that has contributed in facilitating education for individuals round the world. There's a necessity, however, for creating e-learning on the market to disabled individuals. This paper presents a web accessibility framework that offers the benefit of the web accessing for the Tamil disabled users and facilitates their long learning. The essential objective of this framework is that the support of the equal rights of Tamil disabled individuals for his or her access to the education and coaching.

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Index Terms

Computer Science
Information Sciences

Keywords

Tamil Moon Code Tamil Language Deaf Deaf-blind E-learning Interactivity Moon Code Web Access Internet Framework Web System Www