[accessbangla] Technology available for blind men to surfs internet
- From: "Vashkar" <vashkar79@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 09:30:46 +0600
Technology available for blind men to surfs internet
CAPTION: Blind student Tong Feng is learning how to type with the assistance of
a voice activated system at a computer training class in Hangzhou, Zhejiang
province on Feb. 25, 2006. With the system, blind people can now experience the
wonderful world of the world wide web. (Photo: Xinhua)
BEIJING, Feb.27 -- A blind man named Tong Feng, like many other Chinese,
has taken on the hobby of surfing the Internet in east China's Hangzhou, the
capital city of Zhejiang Province.
A local media outlet reports on the 37-year-old man who suffered an illness
at an early age causing blindness.
Now, with the help of a voice assistance system on his computer, he can
listen to his favorite news programs, type letters, send and receive e-mails,
and chat online.
With the system, when Tong Feng touches the screen with his mouse pointer, it
can read the text and he is able to listen it.
At the very beginning, he spent many hours using the screen and keyboard to
get him familiarized with the system. To type four Chinese characters, he
had to spend almost one minute pressing keys. With more practice, he has now
become comfortable using the computer.
He has acquired these skills at the first computer training class for blind
people in Hangzhou, run by the city's vocational development center for
the disabled. His teacher, who is also blind, hopes more websites will be
designed for blind people with more software to help them to "read and see"
pictures.
(Source: CRIENGLISH.com)
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-02/27/content_4232051.htm
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