Suggestions for Web Readers? 9
lawndart asks: "A co-worker of mine recently had a stroke that removed his ability to read. More accurately he has no shape recognition abilities anymore. Before the accident he was a serious web addict, and is a little depressed that he can't surf anymore. He wants to use web reader software, but obviously needs someone else to find/install it, which is where I come in. I was hoping for some ideas on the best ones out there, with an emphasis on accuracy, and price. It needs to run on a Wintel type box and be relatively easy to use." I would suspect there are such programs already in the market for the blind, so if any of you have tried then and would be willing to pass on recommendations, please feel free.
software recommendations (Score:4, Informative)
-Nate
Web Speaker (Score:2, Interesting)
Jaws? (Score:2, Informative)
Here is the link to the googel cache...: http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:duIpRtE66tM:
From my (albeit third party) experiences, it does web borwsing as well as regular Windows windows (haha) etc..
Jaws again. (Score:2, Informative)
Re:Hmmmmm... (Score:1)
nothing more to seehere folks, the moderators were sure of that...especially for all the blind folks - fuck them and their ability to view ascii art anyways... (keyword ART; like it or not it still is art.
a few thoughts on the matter... (Score:2)
She was using it more for mudding, so it may just be a terminal, and not so great for web page reading.
Anyway, I'd suggest looking for web pages / usenet / etc for blind resources, and see what you can find. Might also want to check if there are any seeing eye dog training facilities in your area, and give them a call.
Anyway, you might want to check out "Designing More Usable Web Sites" from the University of Wisconson: