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For many years I have had a friendship with a blind person who is now in his second year of college at Trinity University in Deerfield. Since he is studying radio broadcasting, it’s important for him to have access to the World Wide Web at all times. I asked him how he was able learn how to access the Internet, and what resources where available to blind students.
One such program is called WebAnyWhere. This is a web-based screen reader for the Internet. There is no costly software to be installed, and allows students to access the Internet from any computer as long as it has a sound card. Other software programs that offer screen readers can cost over one thousand dollars. With WebAnywhere, students can use public computers in schools and libraries with ease.
WebAnyWhere is designed to replicate the web functionality of screen readers in a way that can be easily accessed from any computer, requires minimal permissions on the client computer, and starts up quickly without requiring a large download before the system can be used.
2 comments:
Hello Nicole!,
I copied and pasted the link webanywhere. I visited the site and found that it can be very useful, especially for those who are visually impaired. I found the audio to be very frustrating. I rarely understood the choppy robotic voice that the site had to offer. I feel that this webpage needs to apply a more understandable and accurate voice command. Overall, it was a really interesting site and I understand how useful it can be.
fernando, yes I agree with you regarding the roboticness of the site, but I guess the visually impaired have learned to adapt to that to some extent. Plus it is the only free software I could find.
But seems to be extremely helpful for email applications. Lets the blind keep in touch with everyone.
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