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>Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2000 16:17:31 -0500
>Subject: [for-the-people] HPR v3.0 announced
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> >>IBM Home Page Reader
> >>-----------------------
> >>
> >>Here is the newsrelease for the HPR 3.0 announcement.
> >>
> >>
> >> Greatest functionality at the lowest cost; software offers
> >>
> >> Javascript support, more languages and ease-of-use features
> >>
> >> IBM is introducing a low-cost, easy-to-use talking Web browser
> >> that works with e-business Web sites, allowing many visually impaired
> >> and blind users to buy, sell and trade on the Web for the first time.
> >>
> >> Home Page Reader 3.0 for Windows offers the greatest functionality
> >> in a talking Web browser at the lowest cost in the industry. It
> >> provides Javascript support for complete access to the Web, supports
> >> nine languages and offers many new options and features that simplify
> >> set-up and operation of the browser, allowing users to get online and
> >> navigate the Internet more quickly and easily.
> >>
> >> "With its rich features, low cost and Javascript support, this new
> >> version of Home Page Reader will allow many blind and visually
> >> impaired people around the world to fully participate in the
> >> e-business revolution for the first time," said Guido Corona, Test
> Program
> >>Manager for the IBM Accessibility Center. "Our team worked
> >> closely with current Home Page Reader users and focus groups to create
> >> many new features allowing those with vision disabilities greater and
> >> easier access to the Web than ever before."
> >>
> >> Javascript support allows the software to speak aloud all
> >> information on a Web page, including conventional text, tables,
> >> graphic descriptions, text in column formats, data input fields, forms
> >> and image maps. This enables blind and visually impaired users to
> >> complete on-line forms for purchasing, selling or trading products and
> >> services over the Web.
> >>
> >> The new version supports three additional languages -- Brazilian
> >> Portuguese, Traditional Chinese, and Simplified Chinese -- in addition
> >> to the existing U.S. English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, and
> >> Japanese languages. It also automatically switches languages; users
> >> can hear the information pronounced correctly in the original
> >> languages, for Web pages that are presented in Portuguese, French,
> >> German, Italian, Spanish and English. For example, if a person using
> >> the German language version surfs to a page in Spanish, the browser
> >> will automatically speak the information on the page in Spanish.
> >>
> >> Home Page Reader is a complete, self-contained talking browser --
> >> no screen reader is required. It combines the power of Microsoft
> >> Internet Explorer and IBM's ViaVoice Outloud text-to-speech technology
> >> to present Web-based information in an integrated solution. Users
> >> access the program through the standard keyboard, a numeric keypad, or
> >> by using a mouse, and hear the information through IBM's Outloud
> >> speech synthesizer. The software is intended for users of Microsoft
> >> Windows 98, Millennium, and Windows 2000. Users simply need to install
> >> the program following the installation and setup instructions, and the
> >> Web is instantly speech enabled.
> >>
> >> Features of Home Page Reader 3.0 include:
> >>
> >> -- A talking installation program that makes set-up fast and easy;
> >>
> >> -- An interactive, talking hands-on tutorial and comprehensive
> >> on-line help features, including contextual help and users guide;
> >>
> >> -- Integrated, easy-to-setup e-mail facility;
> >>
> >> -- A new user interface, allowing users to begin accessing basic
> >> Web information using as few as six keys;
> >>
> >> -- Graphics and text are visually highlighted and tracked with the
> >> cursor in synchronization with the program, allowing visually impaired
> >> users to follow along as the program speaks;
> >>
> >> -- Support for blind users; customization of the audio
> >> presentation through voice changes (male voice for text, female voice
> >> for hyperlinks), sound effects and text tagging (allows the user to
> >> program in a spoken cue, such as having the word "link" spoken
> >> whenever the program reaches a hyperlink);
> >>
> >> -- Support for low-vision users; customization of the visual
> >> presentation for font size, background, color etc.;
> >>
> >> -- Integrated search facility, allowing the user to search the
> >> current page or do a broader search of the Web;
> >>
> >> -- Speaks selected multimedia applications such as Windows Media
> >> Player, and RealPlayer.
> >>
> >> Suggested retail price for Home Page Reader version 3.0 is $149.
> >> The U.S. English version will be available to purchase beginning
> >> December 15, 2000. The translated versions will be available in their
> >> respective countries by March 31, 2001. Users of Home Page Reader
> >> versions 2.0 and 2.5 will be able to download a free upgrade to
> >> Version 3.0 from the IBM Accessibility Center Web page
> >> (http://www.ibm.com/able); at the end of this year.
> >>
> >> Windows and Internet Explorer are trademarks of the Microsoft
> >> Corporation Home Page Reader is a trademark of the International
> >> Business Machines Corporation.
> >>
> >> CONTACT: IBM Media Relations
> >> Rebecca Gee, 914/945-2913
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> >>
> >>Guido D. Corona
> >>IBM Research.
> >>Accessibility Center.
> >>Austin, Tx
> >>Phone: (512) 838-9735
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