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On Thu, 19 Jul 2001 10:07:18 -0400 "Martin, Terry" <[log in to unmask]>
writes:
> This is fantastic!  Let's stay on top of this one.  Pop Chart sounds
> like a
> winner.  I'd like to see a stand-alone version that end users could
> purchase.
> _____________________________________________________
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Catherine Alfieri" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2001 7:49 PM
> Subject: TECHFW: For NIH site, software can turn graphics into text
>
>
> >                            earthlink.net> ==+
> > For NIH site, software can turn graphics into text
> >
> > National Cancer Institute found a program to help it convert
> millions of
> > complex graphics on its Web site into accessible text
> >
> > BY DIPKA BHAMBHANI | GCN STAFF
> >
> > Though most agencies a year ago were awaiting the Access Board's
> standards
> > for accessibility under Section 508, Dan Grauman had begun making
> the
> > National Cancer Institute's Web site accessible.
> >
> > The computer specialist for the Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics
> Division
> > was creating a site where millions of graphics could be converted
> into
> > accessible text in seconds.
> >
> > The National Institutes of Health site was not completely
> accessible by
> the
> > board's June 21 implementation deadline, but Grauman is glad to
> have found
> a
> > way to convert the institute's 5 million graphics and easily add
> more.
> >
> > Automated conversion
> >
> > He's using PopChart [D] software from Corda Technologies Inc. of
> Lindon,
> > Utah, that automates the conversion process.
> >
> > "We have graphs created dynamically on the fly," Grauman said.
> There was
> no
> > application that could do the automatic conversion, he added.
> "This is the
> > amazing part of that technology."
> >
> > Under a $50,000 contract, Corda does the Web programming,
> maintains the
> > PopChart server and hosts the cancer institute's site.
> >
> > Using a chart template, Grauman creates a graph. Then the chart is
> sent to
> > the Web via Corda's proprietary Web application server.
> >
> > Users who click on a graphic almost immediately will see a text
> conversion
> > of it on the institute's site.
> >
> > By September, the institute will run the program from its own
> server, a
> > 700-MHz dual-processor unit with 2G of RAM and Microsoft Windows
> NT Server
> > 4.0.
> >
> > "We are soon releasing an additional product that will allow a
> novice,
> > someone nontechnical, to cut and paste data from Microsoft Excel
> that will
> > generate descriptive data," said Ron Saffell, director of
> government and
> > education sales for Corda. The application will come out next
> month.
> >
> > Grauman said many agencies have to convert charts themselves,
> describing
> in
> > text each picture or table, which can cause errors. "You have to
> worry
> about
> > mistakes," he said.
> >
> > "The alternative is that for every chart you have to program and
> set up a
> > code so there's a link which has the chart, then that link takes
> you to
> > another Web page," Saffell said. "That would be an undue burden;
> then the
> > agencies could say, 'No way.' "
> >
> > Fast text conversion
> >
> > Saffell said many agencies could convert their graphics in less
> than a day
> > using PopChart. The cancer institute's nearly yearlong project is
> a rarity
> > because of the number of graphics.
> >
> > The institute's 5 million graphics cover all states, more than
> 3,000
> > economic areas, five race options and 40 types of cancer.
> >
> > Meanwhile, Grauman already has plans to narrate a 20-minute video
> tour of
> > the site and convert the video into formats that site visitors can
> view
> with
> > Apple QuickTime and RealAudio from RealNetworks Inc. of Seattle.
> >
> > "That would be beneficial to the sighted users," Grauman said.
> >

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