Multilingual Disaster Information System : Information Delivery Using Graphic Text for Mobile Phones

• Hasegawa, Satoshi

• Sato, Kumi

• Matsunuma, Shohei

• Miyao, Masaru

• Okamoto, Kohei

Abstract

A multilingual disaster information system (MLDI) has been developed to overcome the language barrier during times of natural disaster. MLDI is a web-based system that includes templates in nine languages so that translated texts can be made available immediately. Mobile phone e-mail with graphic text is a useful tool for delivering multilingual disaster information. The visibility of graphic text on mobile phones was measured and found to be equivalent to the built-in font. However, visibility deteriorates as the character size becomes smaller, especially, on displays with poor resolution. This article also discusses the necessity of multilingual information and measures for a safe and barrier-free society.

Journal

• AI & Society

  AI & Society 19 (3), 265-278, 2005-03

  Springer

Keywords

• Living support in disaster
• Mobile phone
• Template translation
• Disaster provision
• Visibility of characters

Details

• CRID: 1050564288750118912
• NII Article ID: 120000975218
• HANDLE: 2237/8651
• ISSN: 09515666
• Web Site: https://nagoya.repo.nii.ac.jp/records/6980
• Text Lang: en
• Article Type: journal article
• Data Source:
  • IRDB
  • CiNii Articles