Over the years, IBM's done great work making technology accessible --
that is, reducing effects and limitations of diminished hearing, sight,
mobility, etc. In the past, I've seen fat IBM handbooks describing
platform-specific accessible technology -- though not lately.
But given ongoing research/development plus ADA requirements for
reasonable accommodation, I suspect this is still an active area.
The difference is likely that modern platforms are accessed by the same
universal devices -- smartphones, tablets, workstations, PCs, Macs,
whatever. (Keypunches and coax-connected 3270 terminals, not so much.)
So that's where accessibility would be provided, at network edges.
What's out there? What have you seen/used? I'll appreciate hearing
real-life experiences about using mainframes with any
hardware/software/network/etc. tools to overcome access limitations,
along with pointers to tools.
Thanks -- and as always, please copy replies to me directly so they're
not buried in list digests.
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Gabriel Goldberg, Computers and Publishing, Inc. [email protected]
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