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Chapter 20
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-3476-2.ch020
ABSTRACT
Grid Onput is a set of novel two-dimensional codes comprising extremely small dots. The present authors
recently developed software to overlap the dot codes on the user’s designed sheet, to create a content to
replay audios, to create a standalone application to replay multimedia, and to create an application to
replay multimedia on iPad. Simply touching the dot codes with a speaking-pen and/or a dot-code reader
enables users to directly access the corresponding digital information; a maximum of four mediums
can be easily linked to each dot code icon. In collaboration with schoolteachers all over the world, one
of the authors, Shigeru Ikuta, has been creating a variety of original self-made content and conducting
various activities at both general and special needs schools. This chapter outlines the recent develop-
ment of the state-of-the-art Grid Onput dot code technology and presents basic information regarding
the creation of original teaching materials using newly developed software and the use at both general
and special needs schools.
Multimedia-Enabled Dot Codes
as Communication Aids
Shigeru Ikuta
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5065-190X
Otsuma Women’s University, Japan
Masamichi Watanuki
Hattatsu Kyoiku Kenkyukai Co., Ltd., Japan
Shinya Abe
Gridmark Inc., Japan