I have tried several times to get off this list and I have sent in to maelstrom several times and they bounce it so some one please take my name off this list. 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. > _____________________________________________________ > Terry Martin -- President > VOILA Technology, Inc. > 54 Castle Road > Rochester, NY 14623 > Phone: (716) 321-1451 > FAX: (716) 334-3971 > Email: [log in to unmask] > URL: http://www.mainaccess.com > ____________________________________________________ > ----- 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. > > ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.