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Web Accessibility: Cost Benefit?

Posted by Marcus Antonius - October 18, 2009. in accessibility

Putting a post here on my blog late guinea pig. This is the Web Accessibility is worth checking out.

Accessibility is a very, very important. All, in most cases, agree with everything that is spoken. But not always put into practice in real life, or because they lacked time or because the product would be expensive, or any other "desculpinha.

The staff of the Digital Access created a video that shows, at close range, the difficulties that people with visual and motor disabilities have access to the internet. Watching closely, we can measure the benefits that four or five lines of code to bring more.

The video shows some problems with their simple solutions. You can still apply these solutions and create a habit of implementing these techniques in the implementation of the site.

Below is the video in full and give your opinion:

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Mobile application helps visually impaired to "see"

Posted by Antony - May 28, 2009. in accessibility , mobile

SeeScan The software, developed by U.S. company iVisit, promises to increase the quality of life of visually impaired. Using a camera mobile phones latest, the software is capable of recognizing objects from day-to-day and describe them aloud.

According to the Register Hardware , the program has a library of objects that helps compare the images stored in memory with those obtained from the camera phone and, after a quick process, identify the object. New entries can be added, counting with the help of a person's vision unchanged.

By testing SeeScan even partially exposed elements such as a banknote folded, were easily identified.

The iVisit is eyeing a huge market potential, since current technologies do not values people with vision problems. The site Into Mobile account that, according to research firm, more than 11 million Americans have some visual irregularity and that, among these, 10% are totally blind. The software was tested on a sample group of 30 disabled users.

A beta version of the program should be available by year's end, says iVisit. In a first phase, the application will run on devices with Windows Mobile, but versions for Symbian and the iPhone are already in development. A video demonstration can be viewed here .

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