- From: David Poehlman <poehlman1@home.com>
- Date: Sat, 9 Jun 2001 09:27:15 -0400
- To: "wai-ig list" <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
They left out the interface part. They also left out the mouseless part. And I would not consider a phone interface a screen reader. TechEncyclopedia http://www.techencyclopedia.com screen reader http://www.techweb.com/encyclopedia/defineterm?term=screen+reader&Define =Define Software for the visually impaired that reads the contents of a computer screen, converting the text to speech. Screen readers are designed for specific operating systems and generally work with most applications. See text-to-speech and MSAA. text-to-speech http://www.techweb.com/encyclopedia/defineterm?term=text%2Dto%2Dspeech Converting text into voice output using speech synthesis techniques. Although initially used by the blind to listen to written material, it is now used extensively to convey financial data and other information via telephone for everyone. See screen reader. MSAA http://www.techweb.com/encyclopedia/defineterm?term=MSAA (MicroSoft Active Accessibility) A software interface that lets a Windows application be designed for the visually impaired. It enables each object (window, dialog box, etc.) in the user interface to identify itself so a screen reader can be used. See screen reader. text based http://www.techweb.com/encyclopedia/defineterm?term=TEXTBASED&exact=1 Also called "character based," the display of text and graphics as a fixed set of predefined characters. For example, 25 rows of 80 columns. Contrast with graphics based. graphics based http://www.techweb.com/encyclopedia/defineterm?term=graphics%20based The display of text and pictures as graphics images; typically bitmapped images. Contrast with text based. _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com To Post a message, send it to: jfw-employment@eGroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: jfw-employment-unsubscribe@eGroups.com Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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