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Adaptive Technology for the Internet: Making Electronic Resources Accessible to All - Softcover

Mates, Barbara T.; Wakefield, Doug; Dixon, Judith M.

 
9780838907528: Adaptive Technology for the Internet: Making Electronic Resources Accessible to All
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0838907520 ISBN 13: 9780838907528
Publisher: Amer Library Assn, 2000

Synopsis

Provides product information on such technologies as Braille screen, voice recognition systems, and hearing assistance devices neccessary to meet Americans with Disabilities Act stipulations.

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Reviews

Providing library access to the disabled includes making available not only physical facilities but also the information they contain, including electronic information. Mates, head of the Cleveland Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, presents guidance for providing electronic information to visually and aurally impaired patrons and to those whose learning disabilities make using printed materials difficult or impossible. She reviews such devices as voice synthesizers, Braille printers and translators, modifications to keyboards and other input devices, and optical character recognition systems. She considers funding the acquisition of such aids, publicizing them, and training staff to use them; and she lists selected vendors, adaptive technology Web sites, and libraries possessing adaptive technology programs. Edward Swanson
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Publisher
Amer Library Assn
Publication date
2000
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0838907520
ISBN 13 
9780838907528
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
192