Due to the amazing evolution of technology in computer science, now, also the blind people can access the computer and, why not, learn some computer programming. This is because manufacturers have created screen readers or voice synthesizers and even Braille displays. However, even with these new tools, the blind people can’t have full access to all computer means, for example, a blind person cannot play games such as Need for Speed or Age of Empires. Ok, there is a chance of using a synthetic voice for commanding a car, but this could be better played on a game console, where the user will feel the real vibrations of an automobile. A blind person can imagine what is happening on the display. But even if you cannot play on PC, there is much to do and it’s not like you will ever get bored.
In English, there are many useful programs, even an operating system in English. Other languages do not have such programs and they are not supported in other language except English. Too bad that there are people of all nations which lack the sense of sight. Here we’re not talking only about Englishmen or Americans. Anyway, let’s move to another part of this article.
For UNIX operating systems, the synthetic voice is HAL, a voice that gives you the opportunity to work even in Windows. This voice has incorporated also other languages, but the translation is.. not exactly accurate. This synthesizer operates with an auxiliary program, Apollo. This makes it much more difficult to be copied compared to other programs that install themselves into your computer without any auxiliary program.
There are many devices in the IT sector to help a blind person to handle finding news, reading books and more. For example, a scanner can read a lot of pages and then using a synthetic voice, tell you what’s happening in the world.
It is very important for a blind person to be able to surf the Internet. So, a blind person using the computer becomes more independent these days. For example, he can read great novels from online libraries on the Internet using a synthetic voice. He can read the newspaper on the Internet using a synthetic voice. He can use the e-mail, write traditional messages and much more.
If you have a good sense of sight, do a favor to yourselves. Protect your eyes!11