[accessibleimage] Re: SVG maps

Hi Lisa and all,

I made a minor header change to my SVG source sample,
such that it now also gets rendered properly within
Firefox 1.5 (which comes with partial SVG support).
The updated sample SVG file with the circle and the
square is again at the URL

   http://www.seeingwithsound.com/molyneux.svg

The way in which The vOICe is used with SVG files
is completely generic, and basically works with any
third-party program that displays graphics on the
computer screen, including VRML/X3D 3D virtual world
graphics, 3D games, mathematics plotting software,
you name it. The computer screen is just like a big
image, and The vOICe can render any image content
into corresponding sounds. Hence it will also work
with future graphics file formats that haven't even
been invented yet. However, the trade-off in such
a generic approach is that more dedicated programs
can be more convenient for use in specific areas,
while sometimes it may be the only practical way
to make the visual information understandable and
not just formally accessible: the human brain has
limitations too, although training can cover part
of that.

Best regards,

Peter Meijer


Seeing with Sound - The vOICe
http://www.seeingwithsound.com/winvoice.htm


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