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It is difficult to be blind and live in a world in which computers and internet play a dominant role. We rely on information technology in our daily lives. Unfortunately, computers have been inaccessible for many blind people. This is about to change now.
Two blind programmers have developed software making internet available to all blind people!
In order to use a computer and internet, a blind person must purchase a "screen reader" software which can cost up to 1000 USD. Many people who could not afford this technology, had no other choice than to avoid computers.
The internet is full of free software, but up to now there has never been any free tool which could help blind people to use internet as ordinary sighted persons do on daily basis.
James Teh, Queensland University of Technology (QUT) and his business partner Michael Curran have exciting news for all blind people.
The two blind programmers have developed a free open-source program, called NVDA (NonVisual Desktop Access), which provides a synthetic voice to read the words on a computer screen as the cursor moves over them.
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