網路瀏覽器
Clever new software brings the web to the world's blind
by Vance Fry
The WebAnywhere browser reads in a measured, monotonous voice, a bit like a robot from a science-fiction movie. But this sophisticated, new screen-reading software could open up the Internet to millions of blind people worldwide.
Screen readers for blind computer users are nothing new, but they have been expensive, costing around US$1,000. Less than one percent of the world's 38 million blind people own this kind of software. Even users who can prohibitively afford the high price often need to use the Internet when they are at public computers, where screenreading software isn't available.
Screen readers for blind computer users are nothing new, but they have been expensive, costing around US$1,000. Less than one percent of the world's 38 million blind people own this kind of software. Even users who can prohibitively afford the high price often need to use the Internet when they are at public computers, where screenreading software isn't available.
- browser
瀏覽器 - measured
量過的 - monotonous
單調的 - science-fiction
科幻小說；fiction 小說 - sophisticated
複雜的；精密的 - prohibitively
禁止的 - afford
提供 - available
可用的
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