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Using Non-speech Sounds To Improve Access To 2D Tabular Numerical Information For Visually Impaired Users
White Papers We investigated two solutions for numerical (2D) tabular data discovery and overview for visually impaired and blind users. One involved accessing information in tables (26 rows x 10 columns containing integers between and including 0 and 100) by...
[August 14, 2003, 16:19]
The Chatty Environment - A World Explorer For The Visually Impaired
White Papers Visually impaired people encounter many problems during their daily routine that sighted people wouldn? This paper describes the vision and the prototype of a ubiquitous computing environment for visually impaired people.
[July 1, 2004, 3:00]
Apps For Visually Impaired Go Portable
News A software suite designed to increase accessibility for visually impaired and other computer users has been released for the U3 platform, which allows programs to be run on most Windows PCs directly from a USB flash drive.
[September 11, 2006, 17:55]
Improving The Reality Perception Of Visually Impaired Through Pervasive Computing
White Papers The visually impaired experience serious difficulties in leading an independent life, due to their reduced perception of the environment. However, it is believed that ubiquitous computing can significantly improve the perception of the surrounding...
[July 1, 2004, 3:00]
RFID In Robot-Assisted Indoor Navigation For The Visually Impaired
White Papers This paper describes how Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) can be used in robot-assisted indoor navigation for the visually impaired. Paper presents a robotic guide for the visually impaired that was deployed and tested both with and without...
[February 10, 2006, 0:01]
Microsoft Windows Concepts For Blind And Visually Impaired Users
White Papers Before Windows, access technology for the sight-impaired user was fairly simple. In the text-based MS-DOS operating system, the screen was made up of an array of rows and columns, and all information appeared in standard text characters and symbols...
[August 14, 2003, 0:00]
HP IPAQ And Mobile Speak Pocket Make Technology Accessible For Visually Impaired
White Papers Tom Johnston is 23 years old and lives in Leicester, UK. He lost his sight due to Marfans Syndrome, a condition that affects the body's connective tissue, but after studying at a boarding school for students who are blind in Worcester, he went on...
[October 6, 2006, 1:00]
Xerox Copier Can 'talk' To The Blind
News Xerox launched digital copier software for the visually impaired and the blind on Thursday, a move that expands the company's offerings to people with disabilities and increases its ability to sell into government agencies.
[March 21, 2003, 15:32]
Speaking Linux Released
News A speaking version of Linux, designed to give the visually impaired an experience of open source computing, has been launched by software firms Slackware and Speakup. It does however offer the visually impaired a fully operational, not to mention...
[March 27, 2000, 11:52]
Accessing Microsoft Windows With Synthetic Speech
White Papers Windows, Microsoft's graphics-based operating system, is becoming more and more prevalent in the workplace, and many blind or visually impaired employees find they need to use Windows to remain competitive.
[August 14, 2003, 0:00]
Blind Surfers Win Concessions From Travel Sites
News Priceline.com and Ramada.com have agreed to make their Web pages easier to navigate for the blind and visually impaired as part of a settlement with New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer. The settlement, announced on Friday, is designed to bring...
[August 23, 2004, 8:25]
Advanced Magnifier
Downloads A tool designed for use by visually impaired persons. AMAG (Advanced Magnifier) is a small yet useful package tool programmed especially for visually impaired persons. AMAG implements revolutionary way of displaying desired portion of screen to...
[December 14, 2007, 12:06]
Robot-busting Ploy 'shuts Out The Blind'
News An increasingly popular robot-busting technique shuts out the visually impaired, according to a standards group. Some sites do offer a work-around for the visually impaired. The problem, the W3C warned in its draft, "Inaccessibility of Visually...
[November 7, 2003, 14:15]
Anti-spam Tricks Block The Blind
News An increasingly popular technique for preventing email abuse is frustrating some visually impaired Net users, setting the stage for a conflict between spam busters and advocates for the disabled. Of the three above-mentioned companies with visual...
[July 2, 2003, 13:28]
Cleveland Sight Center Has Its Eye On The Future
White Papers Founded in 1906, the Cleveland Sight Center provides educational, rehabilitative and support services for thousands of people in the greater Cleveland area who are blind or visually impaired. The challenge for the company was to determine...
[November 30, 2005, 23:00]
KDE 3.4 Offers Improved Accessibility
News Matthias Dalheimer, a KDE developer, said a new text-to-speech technology and improved colour scheme in KDE 3.4 will help visually impaired people use the open source applications. There is a new screen reading technology for visually impaired...
[March 17, 2005, 11:50]
Macnifier
Downloads Originally designed as a helper application to assist the visually impaired - it has become an ideal tool for Mac graphic design professionals who need pixel perfect placement and control. This ability is helpful for the visually impaired and is...
[January 5, 2006, 4:01]
Open-source Tool Creates OOXML Docs For The Blind
News The Daisy format vastly increases the information accessible by visually impaired people — currently only about five percent of published material is in formats that can be accessed by people with disabilities, according to Vision Australia...
[May 14, 2008, 8:58]
Photos: Old PCs Help Africa's Blind
News Other technologies that the KUB is exploring include ways to enable visually impaired people to access any computer they want. Traditionally, only machines with screen-reading software pre-installed were open to blind or visually impaired users.
[February 13, 2007, 15:47]
South Africa Compares Digital Divide To Apartheid
News Computer Aid is currently working with several disability organisations to provide laptops to visually impaired students and teachers in Africa. Laptops equipped with screen-reading and audio-translation software mean that visually impaired...
[April 25, 2008, 11:39]
