Educational Technology

October 9, 2010

Software helps blind student navigate computer world

Filed under: Educational Technology — admin @ 12:30 am

By Ben Beagle, Batavia News

Bobby Guzik has been blind since birth. But that hasn’t stopped the Medina man from pursuing multiple degrees in computer technology. Since high school the 20-year-old has used technology to give him an assist in learning. Guzik use a screen reader for most computing activities. A screen reader is a software program that “reads” what a sighted person would see on screen and then conveys it through a different context, often “speaking” through an integrated voice synthesizer for the visually-impaired user. The reader allows Guzik to navigate the Internet, computer operating systems and programs and for school work.

http://thedailynewsonline.com/lifestyles/article_0a925e70-3a4b-5155-9424-d3969d101673.html

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