Internet applications for the Blind

People who suffered blindness in his eyes, when he will be using computers in general is assisted by a screen-reader software. But to buy a screen-reader software cost is quite expensive, about more than USD 1000, so sometimes they can not sit like a normal person in a library or Internet cafe (cafe). Now, a program with the latest web base will help the blind people to change the situation.

Programs on the web is called WebAnywhere. WebAnywhere was developed by computer science graduate student from the University of Washington, Jeffrey Bigham. Unlike other software to be installed on PCs, WebAnywhere is an Internet application that can make the Web accessible to people who are blind.
Bigham hopes that the people who are blind will be able to check flight departure time on the computer Airport, planned to take a bus to a desired route through the computer in the library, or typing a quick email over the Internet. To get WebAnywhere, people who are blind should be set to online, which will collide with mugkin computer is not ready to give verbal feedback again. However, Bigham found in his research, that WebAnywhere, specifically used by blind people, would know the keyboard tricks and when to ask for help.

Once WebAnywhere online via the Internet, people who are blind can surf using WebAnywhere browser, which can be connected to the web page and then voiced content of the article in these pages with hard, as long as computer has speakers or headphones. WebAnywhere program can also jump section titles, tab, charts or read the page from top to bottom.

Lindsay Yazzolino, coed 19-year-old blind man from Brown University, who worked part time at the University of Washington, revealed that a large improvised WebAnywhere is the total lack of public access for this. Yazzolino, very pleased with the features and some WebAnywhere owned keystroke navigation pages in it, mainly because the program is free WebAnywhere used.
Bigham expect others to make improvised WebAnywhere program, by making it as open source that will invite people who like to play with the code and open to programmers from anywhere. Richard Ladner, a professor of computer science faculty of the University of Washington, want a commercial search engine will adopt WebAnywhere module, and one day hopes Ladner, also blind people can design their own web pages. (h_n)

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