Title :
BrailleButler: a new approach to non-visual computer applications
Abstract :
The BrailleButler system was designed to serve as an instrument to allow blind individuals easy interactive production, recognition, and manipulation of text. It has proven to be an efficient aid for the integration of blind and deaf-blind users, as it permits individuals with a visual impairment, as well as sighted persons, to produce text documents which are immediately available for both individuals. The underlying philosophy in the design was the need for a system to serve the blind computer layman that could be used by blind and sighted persons alike, either independently or simultaneously
Keywords :
handicapped aids; BrailleButler system; blind computer layman; blind individuals; deaf-blind users; nonvisual computer applications; sighted persons; text manipulation; text production; text recognition; visual impairment; Application software; Computer applications; Computer interfaces; Delay; Microcomputers; Monitoring; Pattern recognition; User interfaces; Writing;
Conference_Titel :
Computer-Based Medical Systems, 1990., Proceedings of Third Annual IEEE Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Chapel Hill, NC
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-9040-2
DOI :
10.1109/CBMSYS.1990.109384
