[ga] Re: [atlarge-discuss] Report to the ERC from the ALAC-AG (2/2)

[eric@hi-tek.com]

Jeff Williams wrote:
<from SS>

> > >America may have the reputation, but Canada is truly the best country in >the world to live in!
>

<from Judyth>

>
> > Without in any way disagreeing with Sotiris (I'm a proud Canadian, too), I should mention that services for the blind and illiterate are priorities for NGOs in many parts of the world. Obviously, increasing literacy is one of the things the Internet can do for people; however, there are ways to present information graphically for those who read little or not at all. There are also text-to-speech and speech-to-text applications to help the visually impaired, touchscreen applications that can be used with a mouthstick by the armless or paralyzed, and even some experimental work involving input by eye-movement alone.
>

<from Jeff>

>
>   The commercial side of the Internet has and does do an awful lot for the
> sight impaired.  Believe it or not Microsoft is one of the leaders in this area...
> Hewlet Packard is another...  And for free BTW...
>
> >

I hope they do this throughout the world, i know my communications with my 90 year old doctor father are priceless and he could not do it without assistance.  Certainly our borders with Canada are porous and there is small distinction in our love for freedom.  I must make our other countries understand the great attributes of such good works.
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