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RAISING THE ACCESSIBILITY BAR
Stanford University's Archimedes Project is working to
make information accessible to everyone. The project
is unusual in that it targets just about everyone who
uses computers and information appliances --
individuals with disabilities, the elderly, those who
can't read and everyone else.
This summer, a group of Stanford graduate students
will collaborate with industry executives to innovate
products for people with disabilities, but they want
their technology to outperform other commercial
products so "non-disabled people will want it," said
project leader and co-founder Neil Scott.
"Obsolescence is really a bad thing for the disability
industry," said Scott. The Archimedes Project takes a
radical approach to dealing with obsolescence. Each
individual is equipped with an "accessor," a single
device that allows the user to utilize all computers
and information appliances without specialized
hardware or software. The Total Access System, as the
accessor is named, uses speech recognition,
head-and-eye tracking and other "human-centered
interfaces" that match individual needs.
[SOURCE: Wired News, AUTHOR: Kendra Mayfield]
(http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,53930,00.html)
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