A Novel Application to Aid Low Vision Computer Users

  • Luciano Silva
  • Olga Regina Pereira Bellon
Conference paper
Part of the Lecture Notes in Computer Science book series (LNCS, volume 2398)

Abstract

This paper presents a novel application to help people with low vision disabilities and to allow the use of the computer. The application was initially designed to aid Web navigation, but it can also be useful to other computer applications. We describe the importance of the Web as source of information and knowledge and explain the main difficulties that disabled people have to access Web pages. We have chosen the most well-known accessibility tools of two different operating systems (Microsoft Windows and LINUX) to explain their features and limitations. Finally, the developed application tool, named MouseLupe, its characteristics and main contributions are presented in details.

Keywords

Disable People Magnify Glass Screen Reader Mouse Cursor Cursor Movement 
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© Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2002

Authors and Affiliations

  • Luciano Silva
    • 1
  • Olga Regina Pereira Bellon
    • 2
  1. 1.Programa de Pós-Graduação em Eng. Eléetrica e Informática IndustrialCentro Federal de Educação Tecnológica do ParanáCuritiba-PRBrazil
  2. 2.Departamento de InformáticaUniversidade Federal do ParanáCuritiba-PRBrazil

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