Person with blinds in his eyes, when will use computer generally is assisted by screen-reader software. But to buy it costly expensive enough, about USD 1.000, so that sometimes they cannot sit like common people in library or in internet cafe. Nowadays, a program of newest Web will assist blind persons to alter the situation.
Program exist in the web is called WebAnyWhere.
WebAnyWhere developed by science graduated student of computer of University Washington of, Jeffrey Bigham. Not like other software which must installed on PC, WebAnyWhere is a application of Internet able to make Web can be accessed by one who is blind.
Bigham hope that one who blind will be able to check plane departure time in Airport computer, planning to go up bus with wanted route trough computer in the library, or type an email trough Internet.
To get WebAnyWhere, one who blind have to arrange for online, which is possible will crash with computer which do not ready for giving verbal feedback return. But, Bigham find in its research, that WebAnyWhere, which is special to be used by blind person, will know keyboard tricks and when have to inquire for help.
Once WebAnyWhere online pass Internet, one who blind earn surfing use WebAnyWhere browser, which can interfaced to page of web and later then voice article content in the page hardly, during computer have headphone or speaker.
WebAnyWhere also can skip part of title, tab, chart or read page from the top till downwards.
Lindsay Yazzolino, blind coed 19 year age of Brownian University, works part time in University Washington , has pleased with WebAnyWhere represent big improvisation from totalizing insufficiency access public during the time.
Yazzolino, very like with the featured WebAnyWhere and some page navigation keystroke in it, especially because program of WebAnyWhere the is free of charge used
Bigham expect others can make improvisation with program of WebAnyWhere , by making it as source open that invited people who like to play with code and open for programmer anywhere. Richard Ladner, professor science faculty of computer University Washington of, wishing there will be a commercial engine search that adopt module of WebAnyWhere, and in a moment wait Ladner hope, blind person also can design the page of web themselves.