----- Original Message ----- From: "Gregory J. Rosmaita" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 1:27 PM Subject: VICUG-NYC LowBrowse: FireFox Extension for Low Vision from Lighthouse Intenational
> > details at: > http://www.lighthouse.org/aboutus/press/press-releases/lowbrowse/ > > from which the following is excerpted: > > <q > cite="http://www.lighthouse.org/aboutus/press/press-releases/lowbrowse/";> > While existing programs enable blind people to access the web effectively, > LowBrowseT is the first program to enable people with moderate or severe > low vision to both view web pages as the original web author intended and > read the text on those pages tailored to their own visual needs. The > highly anticipated program, which runs in conjunction with the Mozilla > Firefox browser, will be offered at no charge and is expected to be > available to the public for download via the Firefox add-on site in late > summer or early fall of 2008. [forwarder's note: as of this posting, > LowBrowse is not yet available, but will be available from > https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/ when it is released.] > > LowBrowseT is part of a larger research project on low vision user > interface design headed by Aries Arditi PhD, Senior Fellow in Vision > Science at Lighthouse International, under a grant from the National Eye > Institute. "This technology enables all the text on a website to be > presented in the same readable format - size, color, font and spacing - > regardless of which page is being viewed and without having to navigate > to the next line," said Arditi, a vision scientist and an expert in web > accessibility. Dr. Arditi, who is the current president of the > International Society of Low-Vision Research and Rehabilitation, has > written more than 80 scientific publications about vision and is the > author of Lighthouse International's popular Color Contrast and Making > Text Legible publications (available at www.lighthouse.org). > > Arditi vision and an added, "LowBrowseT emphasizes efficiency and > accessibility for the unique needs of people with vision loss. This > system further democratizes the Internet and empowers millions of > people with low vision." > > LowBrowseT is important and useful for many reasons: > > * Users spend a few moments configuring their preferences > (using a very simple procedure) for font, text size, color > contrast and letter spacing. Once the configuration is set, > no further adjustments will be needed on any web pages - > including pages with photos and graphics. > > * LowBrowseT makes searching and skimming web pages for specific > information much easier than other accessible software. > > * Semantic text features such as "link" color, italics and boldface > are preserved in the special reading frame. > > * Users can easily enlarge images simply by holding down a button > and wiggling the mouse. > > * Users with severe low vision can use LowBrowse'sT speech > capability. > > * Users can simultaneously view the web page as the web author > intended it to be viewed and access the text (in a separate > reading frame), enabling visually-impaired users to appreciate > the very same view of the page that able-sighted users see. > > * The program performs these functions in a consistent manner for > all pages on all websites. > > * The program is very user-friendly, with few commands, making it > perfect for computer novices as well as tech-savvy users. > > * The program is portable and can be installed in seconds on a > flash drive and downloaded from anywhere. > > * The program will eventually be available in multiple languages > </q> > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > You cannot depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of > focus. -- Mark Twain > -------------------------------------------------------------- > Gregory J. Rosmaita: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Camera Obscura: http://www.hicom.net/~oedipus/ > Oedipus' Online Complex: http://my.opera.com/oedipus > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > for the latest updates & info call the VICUG NYC HOTLINE (212) 714-4967 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > VICUG NYC http://www.hicom.net/~oedipus/vicug/index.html > MEETING SCHEDULE http://www.hicom.net/~oedipus/vicug/schedule.html > MOVING TARGETS http://www.hicom.net/~oedipus/vicug/moving.html > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To remove yourself from this emailing list, type the command: > UNSUBSCRIBE VIC-NYC > in the BODY of an emessage, and send it to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Join Access India convention: For updates on it visit: http://accessindia.org.in/harish/convention.htm Registration is now open! To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
