3rd International Workshop on Web Site Evolution (WSE'01)
Requirements for Maintaining Web Access for Hearing-Impaired Individuals
Florence, Italy
November 10-December 10
ISBN: 0-7695-1399-9
The current textual and graphical interfaces to computing, including the Web, is a dream come true for the hearing impaired. However, improved technology for voice and audio interface threaten to end this dream. Requirements are identified for continued access to computing for the hearing impaired. Consideration is given also to improving access to the sight impaired.
Index Terms:
Access, closed captioning, e-mail, fax, hearing impaired, lipreading, lipsynching, movies, sight impaired, talking head, telephone, textual and graphical interfaces, TTY, TV, video phone, voice and audio interfaces, voice synthesis.
Citation:
Daniel M. Berry, "Requirements for Maintaining Web Access for Hearing-Impaired Individuals," wse, pp.33, 3rd International Workshop on Web Site Evolution (WSE'01), 2001