Kontakt 2006, 8(1):95-98 | DOI: 10.32725/kont.2006.015

Personal computers and persons with poor sightHealth and Social Sciences

Radka Prázdná

Jihočeská univerzita v Českých Budějovicích, Teologická fakulta

Základní škola Máj II v Českých Budějovicích (speciální třída pro žáky se zrak. postiž. - speciální pedagog)

The text presents an outline of problems of computer art and communication technologies in association with persons with poor sight. The author divided the scope of the article into integral parts, which are also aimed at multidisciplinary issues. After general introduction of compensatory importance of communication technologies, the reader is familiarized with brief historical development in the field of interest. Further attention is paid to description of digital reading and touching devices. Possibilities are mentioned of taking advantage of the voice software, readers of graphic environments and Braillean peripheries. Wide possibilities of using internet as a tool compensating for the access to data are outlined in a further part of the text. Limits and barrier nature of further web portals are also considered here. In the conclusive part, perspectives of further development of the compensating technique for the minority of interest are considered and information is presented on new technologies brought by certain research teams. The principal subject of the whole text is the psycho-social importance of the computer art for persons with poor sight as a tool for the optimization of life conditions.

Keywords: computer art; persons with poor sight; voice and touch output; special Braillean peripheries

Published: May 26, 2006  Show citation