Abstract:
Improvements in computer and telecommunication technologies have lead to the development and
consolidation of what is called the Information Society. This new approach allows users to access, in an easy
and comfortable way, to a great number of resources, contents and services, offering a huge number of
possibilities with small requirements. The only elements necessary for the integration of the users in this new
society are the access to a personal computer with multimedia equipments and an Internet connection. However,
the audiovisual treatment of the information can lead to serious difficulties for handicapped persons. These
barriers are especially notorious for visually impaired people. This collective requires alternative ways of
presentation and access to the information and, also, additional mechanisms to control the applications they are
dealing with.
As the aim of the present work is to make possible the integration of everybody in this new Information Society, it
will be desirable to incorporate elements that can overcome any kind of handicap barrier.
This article describes the research work accomplished to design and develop a control mechanism voice to be
incorporate in Java applications for dealing and representing web contents. The main objective is to improve the
accessibility conditions to the information published on Internet for those people with sensorial handicaps, not
able to use traditional control mechanisms. Although this is the main scope of the system, it has been designed in
a flexible way for its extension to other general purpose applications.
Journal:
Tecnologí@ y desarrollo (Revista de Ciencia, Tecnología y Medio Ambiente)
ISSN: 1696-8085
Language:
English
Date:
March 2006
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