[gui-talk] Accessible Internet News reader

[Rose Combs]

I don't know about this, is the author a non-English speaker?  If not, look
at some of the errors in the message.  I'd be careful.  
 


Rose Combs
rosecombs at qwest.net 
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Subject: [gui-talk] Accessible Internet News reader

Good afternoon everyone,

    I received this from the President of our Tennessee affiliate and wanted
to see if anyone is familiar with this product and how blind-friendly it is.
Here is the information:


-----Original Message-----
From:
saurabh2590 at gmail.com
[mailto:saurabh2590 at gmail.com] On Behalf Of Saurabh Gupta
Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2006 3:51 PM
To: Seay, Michael
Subject: Internet accessibility tool for blind users - AccessibleNews Plugin

Hello,

I am writing you on behalf of Proaxsys Instruments Pvt. Ltd,an Assistive
Technology start-up. We have recently launched a powerful accessibility tool
for blind Internet users, called AccessibleNews System <
http://www.accessiblenews.com/plugin>

(
http://www.accessiblenews.com/plugin)

As you are aware, most of the Internet is very difficult to use, sometimes
even inaccessible, for blind people. This is because most web designers do
not implement Accessibility guidelines. Thus, a very important education and
employment opportunity is denied to blind persons.

The AccessibleNews System makes the Internet websites accessible. It is
instrumental in bringing employment and information offered by the Internet
to blind persons. A brief article about how it works is included below.

I am keen on bringing the benefits of this technology for blinds and would
like to invite you to participate in a social cause of empowering blind
people.

Do try out the AccessibleNews Plugin and recommend it to people whose future
you believe in.

We would love to hear from you with feedback about the AccessibleNews Plugin
and to answer any queries for the same.

Best regards,
Saurabh Gupta.

About the AccessibleNews System

The Internet is a very important source of self-employment and information.
However, it remains largely inaccessible for blind and visually impaired
persons, because most web designers are not aware of accessibility
guidelines. The poor design often impedes rapid navigation across the page,
and makes it really difficult for blind persons to quickly find the
information one is looking for. This causes difficulties for blind users in
leveraging the powers of the Internet.

A user's solution to this is the AccessibleNews System <
http://www.accessiblenews.com/plugin/> .
It is an extension for
Internet Explorer that tries to format a webpage according to the Web
Content Accessibility Guidelines. It further rearranges web pages so as to
make them easier to use and faster to read with screen readers.It attempts
to determine the correct sequence of reading every web page, as intended by
its designer. It then present this same sequence to the screen reader, so
that the user reads it "correct side up".  As a result, the important
content in the page, that the author has highlighted in the layout, comes up
to the top, while the other relatively less important things go to the
bottom. Thus, navigation links, advertisements, etc do not obstruct the
user's view of the web page.

It takes away all the hassles of navigating poorly designed websites, and
increases the speed at which blind users can locate useful information on
the Internet.They do not spend precious time in merely understanding the
layout of pages and locating useful content. They can use even those web
sites, which they found difficult or even impossible so far.This
significantly improves the speed at which blind persons can find information
on the Internet. The AccessibleNews plug in forms a vast improvement over
mere linearizing as currently done by screen readers.
The AccessibleNews Plug in can be found at
http://www.accessiblenews.com/plugin/

Testimonials

"The product is wonderful and makes life really easy for reading news papers
on the Internet." - Dipendra Manocha, Director, IT & Services, National
Association for the Blind, India < http://www.nabdelhi.org/>

"Thanks and thanks again. I read news as part of my job and it just became a
lot easier. I am really enjoying AccessibleNews a lot." - Jean Parker,
Producer, Disability Radio Worldwide < http://www.rfpi.org/disabilityradio/>

"Another great product that holds tremendous promise for the visually
impaired Internet user." George Abraham, CEO, Eyeway.org <
http://www.eyeway.org/> .

"AccessibleNews has helped me cut down my reading time immensely. So, this
will certainly become a primary tool for me." - Kiran Kaja, Hyderabad

"AccessibleNews is excellent. No longer do we, as visually impaired people,
have to weigh through unwanted links, graphics, banner ads, etc, just to
find the articles we're interested in. Thank you very much!" - Chris
Hallsworth

Proaxsys Instruments Pvt. Ltd.
C-2, Madhavbaug,
Sir Mathuradas Visanji Road,
Andheri (E),
Mumbai 400 069.
Phn. No. +91 22 26832175
http://www.proaxsysreader.com
<
http://www.proaxsysreader.com/>
Peter Donahue

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