Automated language annotations in model-based web applications to increase BITV compatibility

The BITV (Barrier-free Information Technology Ordinance) is a supplement to the Disability Equality Act and applies to all websites and publicly accessible intranet offerings of federal administration authorities. The ordinance provides disabled people with access to these services based on special technologies such as screen readers. Among other things, the BITV describes that foreign-language words in texts should be annotated with the respective language so that screen readers can lecture the words correctly.

These requirements are to be examined and described in detail as part of the work and a concept is to be developed on the basis of the OpenSAGA platform as to how multilingual dictionaries, main dictionaries, etc. can be modelled. Subsequently, the output routines of OpenSAGA are to be extended so that words in texts are automatically annotated correctly in order to facilitate the development of accessible systems for creators of OpenSAGA-based applications.

Finally, multilingual (technical) sample texts should be used to analyse how effective these mechanisms are and how reliably the annotations work.

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jorge Marx Gómez

This topic is a suggestion from QuinScape GmbH and must be agreed with the respective supervisors with regard to suitability.