Title :
Some applications of technology to give visually impaired people access to computers
Author_Institution :
Dolphin Syst. for the Disabled Ltd., London, UK
Abstract :
The author details the objectives which were adopted in the development of the apollo synthesisers-a range of parallel formant, multi-lingual text to speech synthesisers produced primarily for the international disabled market. In addition, several applications of the synthesizers and other software are described detailing their use for visually impaired people. These include: a `Screen-Reader´ which gives blind people access to standard PC based software; use of the synthesiser and software with a portable computer to give a note taker; enlarging characters on the screen for people with low vision
Keywords :
handicapped aids; speech synthesis; voice equipment; apollo synthesisers; character enlargement; note taker; parallel format multilingual synthesisers; portable computer; screen reader; software; text to speech synthesisers; visually impaired people;
Conference_Titel :
Problems in Human Vision: How Can Technology Help? IEE Colloquium on
Conference_Location :
London
