Voice translation of text for the blind</tile> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <meta http-equiv="description" content="Voice translation of text for the blind"> <meta http-equiv="keywords" content="Voice,translation,of,text,for,the,blind"> </head> <body> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="10" height="39"> </td> <td width="99%" height="39"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="16%"><a href="http://inttranews.inttra.net"><img src="http://inttranews.inttra.net/images/inttranews_grey_2.jpg" width="192" height="37" border="0"></a></td> <td width="50%" valign="middle"> <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b><font color="#CCCCCC" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">KNOW.<br> HOW.</font></b></font> </p> </td> <td width="34%" align="right" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" color="#666666">04-08-2006</font></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> <b>Voice translation of text for the blind</b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Auckland, New Zealand (Computerworld): If more attention was paid to accommodating disabled people in the workforce, 186,000 new productive workers could be employed. This would result in a massive boost to the economy — to the tune of $11 billion, according to two IBM specialists who develop technology that helps disabled people use computers. […] The most obvious example of “assistive technology for the disabled” is voice translation of text for blind people, says John Evans, the head of IBM’s Accessibility Centre. <br> <br>For more information, please visit: <br><a href="http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/0/CBBA07A946B638F7CC2571B9001BCFA3?OpenDocument " target="blank">computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/0/CBBA07A946B638F7CC2571B9001BCFA3?OpenDocument </a> <br></font></td> </tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <script type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="<http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show