[vip_committees] DuBois Library Magnifier
- From: Blaine Clark <thelight9@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Hank Bloomberg Chapter List <vip_committees@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2011 16:35:48 -0500
Hello all,
The DuBois Public Library has a document magnifier. It's been donated by
the son of the user.
It's hooked up to a medium sized TV screen which allows very good field
width for magnifying. The flat bed platform allows books, magazines,
newspapers and other flat dimensioned items to be enlarged. I'm not sure
if it will enlarge three dimensional objects, but it uses an overhead
camera to scan with, so I'm going to guess that it will handle 3D objects.
This is the item they had mentioned to me before as being their new
accessible addition, but hadn't explained what it was because they
hadn't gotten it set up yet. They really didn't know what they had at
that point.
Other than basic Microsoft accessibility features, they are still
lacking full screen reader technology. They mentioned that they were
looking at the one that didn't need to be downloaded, and I'm assuming
they meant the WebAnywhere project which is OK for web browsing but
doesn't work for Desktop Applications. I gave the Supervisor a copy of
the Vinux Installation. She is going to be meeting with the Technical
Operations man soon and will have him look it over for evaluation. She
also mentioned that he uses Linux for his own use, so he will be on top
of the game when he checks Vinux over.
Blaine
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