- From: <saylordj@wellsfargo.com>
- Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2004 11:41:34 -0800
- To: w3c-wai-eo@w3.org
Hello All, Here is the URL to the article which illuminates how wearable computers are developing with some web accessibility issues to come. http://www.wired.com/news/gizmos/0,1452,62810,00.html some quotes from the article: ...a computerized "seeing" assistant that will help blind people read books, access Web pages, recognize faces and navigate unfamiliar rooms. And another quote: ...ICare has another talent up its sleeve that's all its own -- it lets blind or visually impaired people navigate websites previously only accessible with a mouse. Screen-reader software, such as Jaws, can translate information on a computer screen to spoken word. But this is only useful if users are able to get to the pages they are interested in. "The way a blind person navigates around the screen is with the keyboard, but there are some sites that don't work so well with keyboard alone and have some mouse-driven applications," said Terri Hedgpeth, disability research specialist at ASU. "But a blind person can't tell where the mouse cursor is, so (he or she) can't access these sites." To overcome this problem, the ASU team developed another facet of their system, called the iCare-Assistant, that works with Blackboard, software designed to manage university course material. "We have developed a software interface that bridges the screen-reader software and Blackboard through keyboard shortcuts that get you into these areas," Hedgpeth said. Doyle, All of which suggests how Web Accessibility will start to point as wearable computers become more a part of daily life. Thanks, Doyle Doyle Saylor Business Systems Consultant Intranet Hosting Services Wells Fargo Services Corporation
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