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A Novel Application to Aid Low Vision Computer Users

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Computers Helping People with Special Needs (ICCHP 2002)

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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.

This research was performed in the IMAGO group (http://www.inf.ufpr.br/imago) and was supported by the Fundação Araucária grant.

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  1. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Eng. Eléetrica e Informática Industrial, Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica do Paraná, Av. Sete de Setembro, 3165, CEP 80230-901, Curitiba-PR, Brazil

    Luciano Silva

  2. Departamento de Informática, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Centro Politécnico, Caixa Postal 19092, CEP 81531-990, Curitiba-PR, Brazil

    Olga Regina Pereira Bellon

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  1. SZS — Study Centre for Blind and Partially Sighted Students, Technical University of Karlsruhe, Engesserstr. 4, 76128, Karlsruhe, Germany

    Klaus Miesenberger

  2. i3s3 — integrated studying, University of Linz, Altenbergerstr. 69, 4040, Linz, Austria

    Joachim Klaus

  3. i3s3 — integrated studying, Vienna University of Technology, Favoritenstr. 11/366-1B, 1040, Wien, Austria

    Wolfgang Zagler

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Silva, L., Pereira Bellon, O.R. (2002). A Novel Application to Aid Low Vision Computer Users. In: Miesenberger, K., Klaus, J., Zagler, W. (eds) Computers Helping People with Special Needs. ICCHP 2002. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2398. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45491-8_87

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