Monday, October 24, 2011

Visually impaired technology

I am amazed by technology and it's impact on the hearing impaired and visually impaired community. The article How VoIP Can Connect the Disabled shares how how a visually impaired businessman can screen his calls on his Iphone and listen to his emails using a PC-based phone that runs on voice-over-Internet-protocol (VoIP) technology. It would be amazing if the future Iphone 5 can help translate colors for our friends who are color impaired. Together Our government, and Corporate America could jointly embrace VoIP and helping people with disabilities become more productive and useful workers. Although, manufacturers and access providers need to adjust the infrastructure to make VoIP perform for the disabled community as good as it does for everyone else. Great things to come in the future of adjusting technology to meet every need. I'm glad Andy assigned this one! Check out the article for yourself: http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/apr2004/tc20040428_4395_tc116.htm
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4 comments:

  1. rbeanOctober 25, 2011 at 7:27 PM

    This article does open up new worlds and offers new hope to the visually impaired.

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  2. A ChalfinOctober 30, 2011 at 3:09 PM

    Thanks so much for your proactivity and leadership in this class. I watched the Microsoft Office video and loved it!

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  3. Jennifer Y.October 31, 2011 at 11:22 AM

    It is so inspiring to learn that the technology can do so much in assisting visually impaired people. Thank you for for posting this article. Who would have thought technology can read text messages and call the numbers for visually impaired people. It will be interesting to keep an eye on evolution of these assistive technology and how it impacts on our classrooms.

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  4. UnknownNovember 3, 2011 at 5:31 PM

    Wow, talk about wave of the future! Mind blowing microsoft video! Thanks for sharing! Your article really touched on a great use for technology- real assistive technology. People without disabilities enjoy the luxuries of technology, but the people with disabilities, ie. In this article, the visually impaired, could come to depend on it and use it to enhance the quality of their lives!

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