A Novel Application to Aid Low Vision Computer Users

  • Authors:
  • Luciano Silva;Olga Regina Pereira Bellon

  • Affiliations:
  • -;-

  • Venue:
  • ICCHP '02 Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Computers Helping People with Special Needs
  • Year:
  • 2002

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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.