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A screen reader is a form of assistive technology (AT) [1] that renders text and image content as speech or braille output. Screen readers are essential to people who are blind, [2] and are useful to people who are visually impaired, [2] illiterate, or have a learning disability. [3]
The Assistive Technology Industry Association (ATIA) is a not-for-profit membership organization of manufacturers, sellers and providers of technology-based assistive devices and/or services, for people with disabilities. ATIA represents the interests of its members to business, government, education, and the many agencies that serve people ...
Joyce sold his interest in the company back to Henter in 1990. In April 2000, Henter-Joyce, Blazie Engineering, and Arkenstone, Inc. merged to form Freedom Scientific. JAWS was originally created for the MS-DOS operating system. It was one of several screen readers giving blind users access to text-mode MS-DOS applications.
Assistive technology (AT) is a term for assistive, adaptive, and rehabilitative devices for people with disabilities and the elderly. Disabled people often have difficulty performing activities of daily living (ADLs) independently, or even with assistance. ADLs are self-care activities that include toileting, mobility (ambulation), eating ...
Legislation supporting the state assistive technology projects was scheduled to sunset on September 30, 2004. The Assistive Technology Act of 2004 (Pub. L. 108–364 (text)) reauthorized the assistive technology programs in all states and territories for five years as a formula-based program, and removed the sunset provision from the law.
Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America (RESNA) is an association of people with an interest in technology and disability.Its mission statement notes that RESNA's mission is to improve the potential of people with disabilities to achieve their goals through the use of technology through promoting research, development, education, advocacy and provision of ...
The final supermoon in Aries occurs on September 29, 2023. Here's what the Harvest Moon has in store for each zodiac sign and what to know about the next full moon of September.
[51] [185] Natural language generation techniques have been investigated, [186] [187] including the use of logs of past conversations with conversational partners, [188] data from a user's schedule [186] and from real-time Internet vocabulary searches, [51] [189] as well as information about location from global positioning systems and other ...