GoogleServe 2014 Project Tasks

Enhancements to Go Read Android eBook Reader for the Blind and Visually Impaired

Go Read is the premier app on Android for Blind and Vision Impaired (a.k.a print disabled) readers. It integrates tightly with Benetech's Bookshare - the largest library of accessible eBooks for people with print disabilities, which provides access to 250K+ books and textbooks to 300K+ students worldwide. To learn more about how students with print disabilities learn, watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUMmzi3nmig

Google Hangout: https://plus.google.com/hangouts/_/benespace.org/gserv-go-read

Skills

• Java, Android

Tasks

• Update repo and documentation for building the project in Android Studio
• Support TTS voicing of DAISY image prodnotes and alt properties
  • http://github.com/benetech/fbreaderj
  • http://www.daisy.org/z3986/structure/SG-DAISY3/part2-image.html
  • https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.benetech.android&hl=en
• Prototype integration with MathML Cloud for converting MathML in DAISY books to PNG images, which are currently supported in Go Read, with alt text and links to the source MathML.
  • General Overview of MathML Cloud: http://www.slideshare.net/gcapiel/math-ml-cloud-prez-edupub-2
  • Sample DAISY book with MathML: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/39156804/math.zip
  • MathML Cloud GitHub? repo and API doc: https://github.com/benetech/mmlc-experiments/wiki/API-Definition
  • MathML Cloud relies on the Mathoid project, which integrates PhantomJS with ChromeVox? and MathJax?: https://github.com/benetech/mediawiki-services-mathoid
  • Current prototype: http://23.251.135.48:12345/mathml/convert?mathml=%3Cmath%3E%3Cmrow%3E%3Cmi%3Ey%3C%2Fmi%3E%3Cmo%3E%26%23x2212%3B%3C%2Fmo%3E%3Cmsub%3E%3Cmi%3Ey%3C%2Fmi%3E%3Cmn%3E1%3C%2Fmn%3E%3C%2Fmsub%3E%3C%2Fmrow%3E%3C%2Fmath%3E
• Update Go Read to latest Android UI and accessibility frameworks

Android Studio Ready Project

https://code.google.com/p/fbreaderj/

Setup includes installing NDK and SDK and setting the the values of ndk.dir and sdk.dir in local.properties and then following the steps for developer.properties in the HowToBuild file.

Building is a 2-step process. First you must run ndk-build in the app/src/main/jni folder, then you can build through AndroidStudio by hitting "run"