[accessibleimage] CORDA Technologies Issued Patent on Descriptive Text of Dynamic Charts, Graphs and Maps

PR Newswire
Monday, December 19, 2005

CORDA Technologies Issued Patent on Descriptive Text of Dynamic Charts,
Graphs and Maps 

    SALT LAKE CITY, Dec. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- CORDA Technologies, Inc.
announced
it has been issued a patent regarding a method for dynamically
generating a
textual description of online charts and graphs, enabling the visually
impaired to have access to information contained within charts, graphs
and
maps generated with Corda's software tools.
    "This patent is of particular value to Corda, especially as it
relates to
the government and socially responsible companies in the public
sector," said
Neal Williams, CEO of Corda Technologies.  "We are the first company
to
develop the capability of creating automated textual descriptions of
charts
and graphs.  This feature is important for the visually impaired -- it
enables
them to have the same access to information in charts and graphs as a
person
with full sight would have by simply glancing at a chart."
    The descriptive text enables government agencies to comply with
Section
508 of the Rehabilitation Act, which requires that Federal agencies'
electronic and information technology be accessible to people with
disabilities.  Descriptive text is automatically attached to each graph
so
that a visually impaired individual can understand the contents of the
graph
through the use of a screen reader.
    The descriptive text feature is an inherent component of Corda's
award-winning developer tools, PopChart, OptiMap and Highwire.  Not
only does
this feature describe the data, it also provides the same interactive
ability
and annotations that sighted users would see viewing the graph.  For
example,
visually impaired users can navigate from one text-description to
another
using drill-down links.  Navigation through large amounts of data is
simple,
fast and convenient.
    Patent No. 6,972,763 was invented by Troy Millett, of Lindon,
Derrick
Shadel, of South Jordan, and Mardell Cheney, of Highland, assigned to
Corda
Technologies, Inc., of Lindon, Utah.

    About Corda Technologies
    Corda Technologies is the leading provider of enterprise
applications for
creating dashboards and interactive data visualization solutions that
enhance
smart decision-making.  For a decade, Corda has led the evolution of
data
visualization from static charts and graphs to interactive, intuitive
executive dashboards.  Its award-winning solutions include developer
tools,
enterprise server products and professional services that improve
business
performance and enable customers worldwide to enhance bottom-line
results.
For more information regarding Corda, its customers, awards and
partners,
please visit http://www.corda.com or call (801) 805-9400.

    Note:
    Information about interactive data visualization and examples of
the
descriptive text may be found at
http://tomcat.corda.com/BCancer/incidence.html and
http://tomcat.corda.com/AutoData/AutoData.jsp 


SOURCE CORDA Technologies, Inc.
Web Site: http://www.corda.com 


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