1. Final Project CS5540 - HCI Kim T Le

2. Screen Readers for Blind

3. Who is a user Blindness vision impairment

4. Purpose Screen reader program for people who are blind or unable to type. It uses an integrated voice synthesizer and computer’s sound card to output the content of computer screen to speakers. Support for applications such as Word processors, spreadsheets..

5. Usability Software designed to aid individuals to read and write more effectively. Ability to scan a printed page and convert it into electronic text. Speech synthesis enables this scanned text to be read aloud. Exact view shows material exactly as scanned.

6. Usability (cont) Automatic correction of misrecognized word. User can scan and read word processing, text file.

7. System Requirement Microsoft Windows 95, Window 98.. VGA video card Software to make PC speak. Microphone include for voice annotations Sound card Scanner