>Posted-Date: Sat, 22 May 1999 07:19:01 -0500 (CDT)
>From: Steve Pattison <pattist@ains.net.au>
>Date: Sat, 22 May 1999 21:37:18 +1000
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>acb-l Message from "Brice Mijares" <bmijares@concentric.net>
>
>Hitachi develops audio-based Windows screen for the blind
>By Rob Guth
>InfoWorld Electric
>Posted at 7:40 AM PT, Mar 12, 1998
>
>Hitachi and researchers at Tokyo Denki University have developed
>technology
>that
>will let Microsoft's Windows operating system be used without
>needing to
>look at
>the computer screen, Hitachi announced Thursday.
>The technology, designed for blind computer users, employs audio
>cues to
>represent
>cursor position, icons, and other graphical objects, the company
>said.
>Hitachi has
>not decided when it will bring the technology to market.
>The technology incorporates a technology called 3-D sound
>generation, which
>represents
>position, distance, and direction by varying the loudness and
>arrival time
>of sound
>reaching each of a user's ears, the company said. This allows
>Windows to
>mimic natural
>conditions under which humans perceive sound, as people perceive
>the
>direction and
>distance of a sound source through differences in loudness and
>arrival time
>of a
>sound heard by each of the ears, the company said.
>Main features of Windows are accessed using the sound technology
>in the
>following
>ways:
>Mouse-controlled movement of the cursor is output as sound.
>When a cursor moves onto an icon, window, or other object, the
>user is
>notified by
>a distinctive sound and voice announcement of the object's name.
>Object size is represented by different depths and loudness of
>sounds.
>Non-visual operation is made easier by a feature that makes the
>cursor stick
>to an
>icon or object when the cursor passes near it.
>Hitachi Ltd., based in Tokyo, can be reached at
>link http://www.hitachi.co.jp
>.
>Rob Guth is a correspondent in the Tokyo bureau of the IDG News
>Service, an
>InfoWorld
>affiliate.
>
>Regards Steve,
>mailto:pattist@ains.net.au
>
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