Abstract
Context: Current modelling technologies, with the
support of modelling frameworks, are in the base of the current
adoption of Model-Driven Software development - MDD - and
supporting Software Engineering phases.
Problem: The focus of these tools are solely on graphical support and visual models. In fact, the chosen modelling
language’s concrete syntax is either graphical or textual or
both. This approach is discarding the use of other senses for
modelling purposes, and, for instance, the possibility of blind
software engineers to take advantage of modelling and deal
with the abstractions captured by those. It is necessary to
improve the productivity of people with limitations or disabilities
while modelling.They should not be excluded from the modelling
activity. This situation of accessibility barriers starts already at
education of Modelling.
Method: In this paper we present a prototype of a tool that
aims to take advantage of current voice recognition and speech
synthesis to edit models in diverse modelling languages. The
elegance of this work is the fact that, not only it is meant to
make MDD accessible to a broader spectrum of practitioners,
but also it is developed with an MDD approach.
Results: A prototype was built, named ModelByVoice. This
tool is not bound to a particular modelling language, as long
as it is meta-modelled. ModelByVoice is the base for a new tool
that will enable MDD highlighting the relevant human factor of
accessibility via voice and audio to models. Ultimately, it aims
at bringing accessibility for blind people to deal with MDD and
Domain Specific (Modelling) Languages - DS(M)Ls - the same
way it is already done with diagrammatic languages with the
current Modelling workbenches.
support of modelling frameworks, are in the base of the current
adoption of Model-Driven Software development - MDD - and
supporting Software Engineering phases.
Problem: The focus of these tools are solely on graphical support and visual models. In fact, the chosen modelling
language’s concrete syntax is either graphical or textual or
both. This approach is discarding the use of other senses for
modelling purposes, and, for instance, the possibility of blind
software engineers to take advantage of modelling and deal
with the abstractions captured by those. It is necessary to
improve the productivity of people with limitations or disabilities
while modelling.They should not be excluded from the modelling
activity. This situation of accessibility barriers starts already at
education of Modelling.
Method: In this paper we present a prototype of a tool that
aims to take advantage of current voice recognition and speech
synthesis to edit models in diverse modelling languages. The
elegance of this work is the fact that, not only it is meant to
make MDD accessible to a broader spectrum of practitioners,
but also it is developed with an MDD approach.
Results: A prototype was built, named ModelByVoice. This
tool is not bound to a particular modelling language, as long
as it is meta-modelled. ModelByVoice is the base for a new tool
that will enable MDD highlighting the relevant human factor of
accessibility via voice and audio to models. Ultimately, it aims
at bringing accessibility for blind people to deal with MDD and
Domain Specific (Modelling) Languages - DS(M)Ls - the same
way it is already done with diagrammatic languages with the
current Modelling workbenches.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 762-769 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | CEUR Workshop Proceedings |
| Volume | 2245 |
| Publication status | Published - 15 Oct 2018 |
| Event | 2018 MODELS Workshops: ModComp, MRT, OCL, FlexMDE, EXE, COMMitMDE, MDETools, GEMOC, MORSE, MDE4IoT, MDEbug, MoDeVVa, ME, MULTI, HuFaMo, AMMoRe, PAINS, MODELS-WS 2018 - Copenhagen, Denmark Duration: 14 Oct 2018 → 19 Oct 2018 |
Keywords
- Model-Driven Software Development, Modelling Workbenches, Accessibility, Speech Generation and Synthesis, Audio Models