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Computer software aids people with disabilities

December 23rd, 2008

Emerging computer technology is revolutionizing the lives of people with disabilities. Participants at a recent conference on assistive technology at the University of Colorado-Boulder learned about new ways that high-tech machines are helping people with a wide range of disabilities.

Among the featured sofware was a screen-reading program that transforms computer instructions and information into audio; a program that converts engineering diagrams into raised-relief pages; and a program that changes spoken words into closed-captioned text.

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