Discussion of computer complications for the visually impaired
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1 Access barriers for people who are visually impaired
At the moment access to multimedia for visually impaired people is disappointing. There is no profitable multimedia product available that has been shown to be fully available to individuals who are blind let-a-lone individuals that are visually impaired. There are many obstacles for the visually impaired which include difficulty to see the keys and screen i.e. they can not read or write information.
A key barrier for people who are visually impaired is the computer and software on which the multimedia technology itself depends. The well-known acceptance of the graphical user interface (GUI) dramatically increased the computer access problems facing people who are visually impaired. Access to computer-based efficiency tools such as word processors, databases, and spreadsheet programs has not been effectively solved. GUI systems are quite different from those of text-based systems so the access for visually impaired people has been slowed down. For example, in text-based systems they use keystroke commands where as in GUI, the user has visual objects...