Web Interface for the Visually Challenged
by: Group Nine
Mohammed Ali Ba-Ali
Jagadesh Gadiyaram Kenneth David Peterson
Saad
Project Team Members
Presentation Outline
• Problem Definition• Design Challenges• Design Concepts• Prototype• Recommendations
Project Definition
• Internet technologies are not designed with blind users in mind
• Improving the accessibility of the Internet for the blind utilizing existing technologies
Design Challenges
• Interface• Limited Access to Technology• Integration of Systems
Interface
• Providing information on mouse location• Providing information on page layout• Providing ability to scroll through pages• Displaying page content• Accepting input from user
Limited Access to Technology
• No access to Touch Screens• Unable to find good Speech to Text
software
Integration of Systems
• Java Audio Class– have limitations and are not compatible with all
browser types• Text to speech software
– poor audio quality and incompatible with java and certain browsers
High-level Design Layout
• Navigation of individual screen is through a touch screen interface
• User inputs via Speech to Text software and keyboard entry
• Pages content read out using Text to Speech software
High-level Design Layout
• Play audible message on mouse over to provide feedback
• Verbally identify key web components– Forms– Links– Images– etc
PrototypeNavigation Tools:
Page Objects:
Schdedule Calendar
Recommendations
• New browser with audio messages and utilizing our plug in– convert pages on download to Blind enabled– loads new page for interaction
• Use of Braille pad as a form of output• Customizing output speech