IBM this Zhouer released a software, the force of user of Internet of whole world of have the aid of helps the blind and the person that have visual obstacle visit a website better.

A lot of blinds and the person that have visual obstacle use screen to read software to get the content in the webpage, but often encounter a problem. Screen reads software to depend on the character in the webpage and descriptive sex label to understand website content, however those enhance the description that can visit a gender in a lot of websites sexual label is not complete.

The person that this software of IBM allows visual obstacle to visit is in when encountering a problem, to central database reports these problems, the visit person with normal vision of the other on Internet is in when seeing these problems, meeting help provides the information of sex of a few descriptions, and these is not save a webpage in primitive HTML code, save an add file however, visual obstacle person next time revisit when this website, can obtain this add file to realize the understanding of not complete to those content from the database central.

Chieko Asakawa of IBM Tokyo researcher says, this idea comes from her to be experienced personally. The Asakawa that itself also is the blind leads group of a 6 people to be in charge of the development of this software, she is very clear the problem that the blind is visitting the place in the website to encounter.

“ serves as an user, I face a lot of problems to do not have method to raise these questions however everyday. We can see a few pictures that did not describe a written language everyday, but I tell others without method I want these written languages. This is a simple motivation, if we can raise the question, the visit person with those normal visions can offer these information ” for us.

IBM this Beta test version that Zhou Er begins to provide this software. This software can combine IE and Jaws to read screen software to use, the part that uses for normal vision user can regard the plug-in unit of Firefox as installation.

When demonstrating this software, asakawa inputted the address of website of the White House, although website of the White House considered to be able to visit sexual problem when the design, 3 of webpage upper part main columns did not offer additional information to let read screen software to understand their meaning.

Asakawa pressed a few key, play give a dialog box, asakawa inputs the problem above inside, the help offers hope somebody these information. Other after the person that visit sees this problem, can describe those very quickly sexual written language to be added, when coming back to visit next time, can see.

Asakawa still hopes to expand this project respect of other body obstacle, for instance, aural obstacle person.