TO Or Botton In Re: Blind User Interface Your's is an Idea I've thunk about a long time. A system would need to spell out the letters as typed in, pronounce the word they create, and speak with every change of a screen, mouse-pass over active screen areas, web page change, wait state, and error state that are encountered by the ISP's, Computers, and interfaces. This is simplistic. I can't fill a whole group of E-mail pages with the exact needs of the Interface, but the gist is, the ears must replace the eyes. Artificial intelligence and Fuzzy Logic will need to create a near human interface that tells the blind what's happening every time anything at all changes, happens, or snafu's on their unit. For Example, while waiting to connect to a Web page, the person must be reassured what is happening. A voice would say "Waiting to connect". If connection did not occur, a tone and voice assurance would occur saying "Error 404, page not on server system" or, "Site is overloaded or down, try later." All the things we "sighted" can see on the web, less graphics, would need to be spoken by the VUI or Vocal User Interface. Embedding Streamed or self prepping WAV,AU, etc. files where needed in pages and linear event segments so those who can't see, HEAR the activity on the screen. Coupled with Braille Keyboards, or touchpads using most frequently accessed words and algorythms, this facilitiates the ease with which the blind may use the 'net. To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe SURVPC in the body of the message. Also, trim this footer from any quoted replies.
