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Article #193Weekly Webcast is on PW WebSpeak and More!
From: Prof Norm Coombs
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 00:00
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 00:00
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EASI's weekly Roundtable Webcast Tonight: Thur. April 22 Posted 9 pm Eastern, 8 Central, 7 Mountain and 6 Pacific on the web at http://www.rit.edu/~easi EASI's weekly audio roundtable is an interview with Ray Ingram from Productivity Works about 3 products they presently have for people with disabilities. WebSpeak is a special browser devoted to the needs of blind and visually impaired. It has its own speech engine with it. It looks at the HTML code of the web so that it can better interpret the page to the user. Material in columns is decolumnized instead of reading across both columns making nonsense of the information. It helps with navigation and with filling forms. Secondly, Productivity Works has a version of the browser that can be accessed by telephone rather than with a computer. The newest product is a kiosk that can be used by someone with no vision. It combines a simple touch screen with speech output. It can be mastered in seconds by a blind user. It is now having its first commercial unveiling.
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