>>  OKAY, WE ARE ABOUT TO GET STARTED SO
EVERYBODY MONEY IN AND SHUT UP.
THE CROWD IS HUSHING.
THE INTERPRETOR IS IN PLACE, MOVE OVER A
LITTLE CLOSER TO ME SO YOU CAN HIT ME
BECAUSE I TALK TOO FAST AND I FORGET AND
I HAVE TIMES WHERE I GIVE PEOPLE PING
PONG BALL TOSS SLOW ME DOWN BECAUSE I
DON'T USUALLY TALK VERY SLOW: SO MY WAY,
WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE EFFECTS OF
TECHNOLOGY ON THE COMMUNITY.
THE THING WE HAVE TODAY DOES NOT IN
INDICATE ANY OF THAT AND WE PROBABLY
WILL NOT GET ANY OF THAT IN THE
DEMONSTRATIONS.
I WILL LET EACH OF OUR SPEAKERS AND
DEMONSTRATORS IDENTIFY THEMSELVES.
THAT WAY, WE CAN FIND OUT WHICH ONE OF
THEM HAVE THE EGO PROBLEM.
IF THEY SPEND MORE THAN 3 SENTENCES ON
THEMSELVES, THEN THE HELL WITH THEM.
WE GOT THREE REALLY GOOD PEOPLE IN A
WILL GIVE YOU SOME REALLY GOOD
DEMONSTRATIONS.
ONE, WE WILL DO THESE DEMONSTRATIONS
HERE ARE TO GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW.
AT 5 O'CLOCK, IF YOU GO BACK TO THE
BALLROOM AND GET A HANDS ON.
WHAT WE'RE HOPING TO DO IS WITH THIS
SESSION AND DEMONSTRATION, THEY WILL
GIVE YOU THE QUESTIONS THEY NEED TO ASK
PAUSE YOU KNOW THAT NEARLY EVERY SESSION
I DEALT WITH TECHNOLOGY, I HAVE ABOUT
SIX OR 7 QUESTIONS THAT I WISHED I HAD
ASKED THEM.
SO WE WILL HAVE TIME FOR YOU TO ASK
QUESTIONS HERE IN THIS ROOM BUT THE MORE
ADVANTAGEOUS ASPECT IS HANDS ON WITH THE
MATERIALS THEY HAVE BROUGHT WITH THE
EQUIPMENT AND SO FORTH.
LET'S SEE IF WE CAN GET ON THE NET SO
YOU WILL HAVE SOME PROBLEMS WORKED OUT
WHEN YOU LEAVE HERE TODAY.
I HATE IT WHEN WE GO SOME PLACE AND
LEAVE WITH A BUNCH OF CONSUMERS WE
ALREADY HAD.
TODAY  HOPEFULLY, YOU WILL LEAVE WITH
THE ABILITY TO USE THE TERM.
I THINK WE HAVE A VERY DEEP PROBLEM WITH
THE DARK I HAD SIDE OF PARADIGM.
THAT IS THE ABILITY TO PUT US BACK IN
THE CLOSET.
TELECOMMUTING IS A WONDERFUL THING,
EVERY ONE LOVES IT BUT WHY MAKE YOUR
LIBRARY ACCESSIBLE IF WE CAN GO ON THE
NET.
WHY MAKE YOUR OFFICE ACCESSIBLE WHEN THE
PERSON CAN TELECOM MUTE.
I'M NOT SAYING THIS IS OPEN THING THE
SOCIETY WILL FORCE UPON UP US.
QUITE OFTEN, WE WILL FORCE IT UPON
OURSELVES.
SO WHY GO IF YOU CAN STAY HOME.
THAT'S THE WRONG ATTITUDE FOLKS BECAUSE
WE GOT TO BE IN THE MAINSTREAM, SEEN IN
THE MAINSTREAM, YOU GOT TO KNOW IT FROM
THE VERY BEGINNING OR WE WILL BE LOCKED
OUT.
I'M NOT SAYING SOCIETY WILL FORCE US BUT
SOCIETY WILL REINFORCE US.
IF WE SAY WE WANT TO STAY LOCKED UP IN
OUR ROOM AND PLAY ON THE INTERNET LIKE
ALL THOSE ABLE BODY NET WORDS DO, THEN,
PAID WILL SAY, FINE, THEY ARE NOT GOING
SAY, FINE, YOU SHOULD REALLY GET OUT
MORE.
I WOULD BE WILLING TO BET NO DISABLED
PERSON WILL HEAR THAT TERM, YOU SHOULD
GET OUT MORE.
WE HAVE OBEY PART OF THE TAB BRICK OF
SOCIETY OR WHAT IS WOVEN.  SO HOPEFULLY,
THESE DEMONSTRATIONS WILL ALLOW US TO
USE THE POWER OF THE NET TO BECOME EVEN
MORE PART OF THE COMMUNITY.
YOU SAW THAT CARTOON ABOUT THEY DON'T
KNOW IF YOU'RE A DOG ON THE INTERNET.
WELL, THEY DON'T KNOW WHO IS DISABLED.
SO CONSEQUENCE, PEOPLE HAVE TO
UNDERSTAND THAT WE CAN HAVE NET WORDS
TOO AND PEOPLE WHO SPEND 12 HOUR AS DEAL
IN VIRTUAL REALITY BUT REALIZE WITHOUT A
DISABILITY, THEY WOULD STILL BE DOING
THAT.
SO CONSEQUENCE, IT IS NOT BECAUSE WE
HAVE NOT IT IS BECAUSE WE ARE PEOPLE.
WE CAN LIE, CHEAT, STEAL AND BE NET
WORDS TOO SO CONSEQUENCE, WITH YOU GOT
TO UNDERSTAND THAT.
PEOPLE WHO IF THEY DIDN'T HAVE A
DISABILITY, THEY WOULD HAVE NOTHING AND
WORRIED ABOUT KIDS GETTING ADDICTED TO
DRUGS OR GETTING PREGNANT JUST LIKE
EVERYBODY ELSE.
BUT WITH A DISABILITY, THEY CAN LAME
THAT ON EVERYTHING.
I WOULD BE MAKING MONEY AT DISNEY.
I'M SICK AND TIRED OF BEING BLIND.
I THINK TOM CRUISE NEXT ROLE IS AND
REMEMBER, COMING HOME WITH JOHN PLAYING
THE PART OF WHEELCHAIR USER?
I REMEMBER GUYING GETTING IN WHEELCHAIRS
SO WOMEN WOULD BUY THEM DRINKS.
>> I MEAN, COME ON, THE POWER OF MEDIA
IS A LITTLE TOO MUCH HERE.
I SAW SCENT OF A WOMAN.
THAT GUY WAS SUCH A CREEP, I KEPT HOPING
HE WOULD WRECK THAT CAR AND GO THROUGH
THE WINDSHIELD.
HE WAS A WORST CREEP AFTER HE WAS BLIND.
WELL, HE WAS A CREEP AND I WISH HE HAD
PLAY HEAD DULL AMPUTEE.
BUT THAT'S THE WAY THE AMPUTEE.
WE GOT TO BEAR IN MIND THAT WE HAVE SOME
DIFFICULT ISSUES THAT AFFECT THE
COMMUNITY.
ONE OF THEM IS AND I WILL GIVE YOU AN
EXAMPLE, IN OCTOBER, I HAVE A BOOK
COMING OUT CALL "ACCESS BY DESIGN" AN
ATTEMPT TO LOOK AT CONSUME ARE PRODUCTS
THAT GO TOWARD THE GOAL OF UNIVERSAL
DESIGN BECAUSE THERE IS NOTHING THAT CAN
BE EVER UNIVERSAL DESIGNED UNLESS WE ARE
ALL CLONED FROM THE SAME PERSON.
THIS PLANET IS MADE UP OF A WHOLE LOT OF
DIFFERENT PEOPLE.
THAT DIVERSITY IS BEAUTIFUL AND CREATE
THINK AND WE CAN USE THE POWER AND FORCE
OF IT.
BUT, THERE ARE A LOT OF MANUFACTURERS
OUT THERE WHO JUST DO NOT LIKE US.
THEY ARE AFRAID OF US, DON'T KNOW US.
TO GULF YOU AN EXAMPLE OF THIS BOOK, WE
PICK I HAD UP VARIOUS CONSUMER ITEM OF
THINGS PART OF IT ---NONE OF THOSE ARE
PERFECT EXAMPLES, BUT THEY HAVE CERTAIN
ASPECTS.
I WILL GIVE YOU ONE EXAMPLE, THE CAMERA
I USE LIKE A PAIR OF GLASSES, I CARRY
WITH ME ALL THE TIME, THE JAPANESE BUILT
THE BODY, AND ON THE BACK OF IT, WHEN I
PUSH THE BUTTON HALF WAY DOWN, I DON'T
THINK ANYTHING CAN SEE IT, A RED AND
GREEN LIGHT COME ON, THE RED LIGHT TELLS
ME THAT THE BATTERY IS UP AND THE STROBE
IS READY TO FIRE.
THE GREEN LIGHT TELLSS ME THAT IT IS
INFO CUSS.
THESE TWO ARE ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE
CAMERA RIGHT NEXT TO THE VIEW FINDER
WHERE YOU PUT YOUR EYE.
I HAD ALMOST NO EYESIGHT.
I GOT LESS THAN FIELD VISION OF ABOUT
3%, VISION OF LESS THAN 2800.
SO I DON'T SEE VERY WELL, BUT I CAN SEE
THAT RED AND GLEAN LIGHT.
THEY DIDN'T DESIGN IT FOR ME.
WE PICKED PRODUCTS NOT DESIGNED FOR BUT
CERTAIN ASPECTS OF OUR ENVIRONMENT CAN
USE.
LOOK AT THE OVERALL MARKET FROM 8 TO 80.
LOOK AT PEOPLE WHO MIGHT HAVE SLIGHTLY
LESS THAN PERFECT VISION LIKE THE BABY
BOOMERS.
AND DESIGN YOUR PRODUCTS TO MAKE A
MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF USE AGE.
WE NEVER USE THE TERM ACCESSIBILITY
BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN TIED IN WITH
DISABLED.
WHEN WE FIRST PUT OUT A CALL ON
MANUFACTURERS IN THIS COUNTRY, THEY PUT
OUT 400 FAXES.
WE RECEIVED RESPONSES FROM LESS THAN A
DOZEN.
THESE WERE MANUFACTURERS WHO WERE ASKED
TO SEE GLOSSY PHOTOGRAPHS, SENT SPECS ON
THIS PARTICULAR TYPE OF PRODUCTS THAT
YOU HAVE.
12 OUT OF 400.
ONE COMPANY AND WE MADE IT VERY CLEAR,
THIS IS GOING TO BE TOWARD TO CONCEPT OF
UNIVERSAL DESIGN, LOOKING AT PRODUCT US
THAT AFFECT THE VERY WRONG, OLD, PEOPLE
IN BETWEEN AND DISABLED.
YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE SAID DISABLED.
THAT'S WHY THEY DIDN'T RESPOND.
ONE COMPANY TOLD US, THAT WAS A -- I'M
NOT GOING TO SAY WHO IT IS BUT MAKE WE
CAN CONVERT THEM.
BUT THE WHOLE POINT IS THESE PEOPLE WERE
AFRAID OF DISABILITY.
WE HAVE OVER 300 CONSUMER ITEMS ON THE
BOOK.
IT TOOK FROM 2 TO 12 PHONE CALLS TO MAKE
THOSE COMPANIES RELEASE THE GLOSSY AND
PRINTED MATERIAL ON THE PARTICULAR
THING.
NOW, THE ASIANS AND EUROPEANS RESPONDED
ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AND ALMOST 100%
BECAUSE THEY SAW IT WAS A MARKET, SAW US
AS GOING OTHER THE GLOBAL MARKET.
WE WILL BE A THIRD WORLD MANUFACTURERING
COMPANY, AND NOTHING TO DO WITH
DISABILITY BUT DUE TO THE FACT WE HAVE
-- OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY HAS THE
CREATIVE ABILITY GARDEN SELECTS.
THEY CAN'T DEAL WITH GLOBAL COMPETITION.
HOW WILL THEY DEAL WITH
DISDISABILITYISHS.
THE DARK SIDE, PUT CAN US BACK IN THE
CLOSET, TRYING TO GET TO THESE PEOPLE
FROM A DON CEMENT ABLE STAGE, IF WE'RE
NOT INVOLVED IN THEIR THOUGHT PROCESS,
CONCEPT OF UNIVERSAL DESIGN THE THE
CONCEPTUAL STAGE OF THE TRUE, IT'S VERY
HUT THOUGHT AT THE BEGINNING, IT WILL
COST MORE AND MORE LIKELY, WE WILL NEVER
BE INCLUDED.
SO WE GOT TO GET IN ON THE GROUNDWORK.
THE WAY TO DO THAT IS TO GET TO THE
YOUNG DESIGNERS.
THAT'S WHY I SPOKE WITH THE DESIGNER
GROUP ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.
A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY, YOU DON'T TALK TO
MANY DISABLED GROUPS.
HELL, IF YOU DON'T KNOW, I'M NOT GOING
TO TELL YOU.
IT IS TOO LATE FOR HAVE YOU ANY WAY.
MY IDEA IS TO HANG THE DESIGNERS AND IF
WE CAN, CHANGE THE ARCHITECTS.
I ONCE TOLD THIS TO A GROUP OF DESIGNERS
AND THEY SAID, LOOK GEORGE, WE CAN MAKE
INTERIORS ACCESSIBLE.
WE CAN THE GET A ROOM, REDO IT, THAT'S
NO PROBE PROBLEM.
BUT THIS ARE STILL BUILDING THAT ARE
ACCESSIBLE.
WHAT DO WITH WE DO TO GIVE THEM A
CHANGE.
I SAID, WELL, YOU TAKE A STONE AND YOU
PUT A PERSON UP THERE, I WOULD SUGGEST
AN OLD MAN THAT LOOKS LIKE I AM PAID
ARCHITECT AND WITH A STONE KNIFE, CUT
OUT HIS HEART AND SHOW TO THE YOUNG
ARCHITECTSMENT MAYBE THEY WILL GET THE
IDEA.
FROM THE BACK OF ROOM COMES THIS VOICE,
WHY NOT GET SOMEONE WHO LOOKS LIKE HIM?
ALL THESE BEAUTIFUL GLASS BILLINGS WE
CAN'T GET INTO BUT THAT'S BESIDE THE
POINT.
WE GOT THREE DISTINGUISHED INDIVIDUALS.
LY LET THEM TELL YOU INTRODUCE
THEMSELVES BY FULL NAME, TITLE, RANK,
SERIAL SNUB AND TELL YOU WHAT THEY NEED
TO TELL YOU.
LARRY, USE YOU LIKE THE TAKE IT AWAY
FIRST.
>> LARRY: THREE THINGS BEFORE WE START,
SPEAK INTO THE MIKE, SPEAK SLOWLY AND
CLEARLY SO YOUR MOTHER WOULD UNDERSTAND
IT.
>> GEORGE JUST DID.
>> TACKY, TACKY.
>> INTRODUCE YOURSELF, NORTHBOUND NUMBER
ONE, REMEMBER, I LOST, MY MIND IS ABOUT
AS GOOD AS HIGH EYESIGHT.
SEVERAL OF YOU COMMITTED ON ALREADY.
SOLAR RE, WOULD YOU START S.
>> LARRY: CERTAINLY, I THINK HE GETS OUT
TOO MUCH.
>> ABLE BODYED PERSON.
>> TURN OFF THE MICROPHONE.
I'M LARRY GOLDBERG DIRECTOR OF THE C P
BW G B H NATIONAL CENTER FOR ACCESSIBLE
MEDIA WHICH IS A DIVISION OF PUBLIC
BROADCASTINGING COMPANY UP UNBOSTON.
WE HAVE BEEN WORKING THE FIELD OF MEDIA
ACCESS SINCE 1972 BEGINING CAPTIONING TV
SHOWS FOR DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING
PEOPLE AND MID-80'S, EXPERIMENTING WITH
DESCRIBING SHOWS NOR BLIND PEOPLE.
IN 1993, WE SET IN A DECISION OF CALLED
THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR ACCESSIBLE MEDIA
WITH THE HELP OF BROADCAST TOGETHER TAKE
THESE KIP OF EFFORTS INTO THE FUTURE OF
MEDIA AND TO THE INTERNET AND CD ROMS
DIGITAL NEWSPAPER THAT IS TALK TO YOU
AND ALL KINDS OF NEW TECHNOLOGY WHERE
THEY CAN BE, LOWED TESTED FOR ALL KINDS
OF PEOPLE ESPECIALLY PEOPLE WHO HAVE
SENSORY DISABILITY, LEARNING DISBILL
THREE AND MOBILITY IMPAIRMENTS.
TODAY, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SHOW YOU A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT IS SOME THINGS ABOUT
THE WEB.
I SEE IN THE AUDIENCE TODAY, SOME PRETTY
SOPHISTICATED PEOPLE, ALSO SOME PEOPLE
WHO HEARD THIS PRESENTATION BEFORE.
SO PLEASE BEER WITH US.
MAYBE YOU TWO FOLKS WILL NOT BE
REPEATING YOURSELF, BUT, WE WILL SHOW
YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT MAKES FOR
ACCESSIBLE WEB SITE AND ALSO, WHAT MAKES
FOR AND WHAT THE BENEFIT IS OF MAKING IT
ACCESSIBLE WEB SITE, NOT JUST FOR PEOPLE
WHO ARE BLIND OR DEAF BUT FOR PEOPLE WHO
WANT SOME OTHER SPECIAL TOOL TOSS WORK
WITH.
AND THEN, I WILL SHOW YOU A LITTLE AND
OF DIGITAL CAPTIONING ON A DIGITAL MOVIE
AND ALSO, SOME DESCRIPTION ON ONE.
SO LET ME STEP OVER THE SEAT THAT GEORGE
IS ON IN.
>> ARE WE BEING PICKED UP OKAY BY THE
VIRTUAL PEOPLE.
DOES ANYBODY KNOW: ARE THEY STANDING
CLOSE ENOUGH TO THE MIKES, DOES ANYBODY
KNOW?
>> ALL RIGHT, WHEN I LOOK OUT IN THE
AUDIENCE, I CAN SEE THAT MANY OF YOU
KNOW WHAT FULL WELL WHAT A SCREEN READER
IS.
WHO HAS NEVER ACTUALLY EXPERIENCED A
SCREEN WRITER ARE THAT USED A SPEECH
SYNTHESIZER.
WHO HAS NOT EXPERIENCED THAT?
GOOD AT LEAST A FEW PEOPLE WHO WILL SEE
A FEW NEW THINGS TODAY.
I'M USING A MACK TORCH POWER BOOK AND
I'M USE MACINTOSH AND I'M USING NETSCAPE
EXAMPLE I WILL SHOW YOU THE FIRST PATCH
OF W G B H EDUCATIONAL HOME PAGE, DOES
NOT LOOK VERY INTERESTING AT THE MOMENT
BECAUSE I HAVE NOT ACTUALLY DOWN LEAD
LOADED THINK GRAPHICS.
THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU DO SOMEONE
SUFFERING WITH YOUR-DR. YOU'RING SO WHAT
I HAVE IS THE WORD ACCESS STORE USER
WITH DISABILITY IS HOW WE START OFF OUR
HOME PAGE.
AND THEN, WE HAVE A GRAPHIC.
INSTEAD OF SEEING THE ACTUAL GRAPHIC, IT
IS A LITTLE ICON THAT SITS IN PLACE OFAL
GRAPHIC WHEN YOU'RE NOT USING IMAGES AND
THEN A TEXT HEAD WHICH READS W G B H
IMAGE MATCH WITH MINE SELECTION AND JUST
SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT THAT IMAGE LOOKS
LIKE I WILL NOW GO AHEAD AND DOWNLOAD
IT.
AND THERE'S OUR MILLION DOLLAR WEB PAGE
GRAPHIC TO OPEN UP OUR WEB SITE WITH ALL
KINDS OF COLORFUL ICONS AND SHADES
REPRESENTING THE DIFFERENT AREAS THAT
YOU CAN GO TAP INTO ON WGBH.
WHEN YOU HAVE AN IMAGE MAP LIKE THIS AND
YOU'RE THE DIMMED OF PERSON WHO DOES NOT
USE A MOUSE WHICH MOST BLIND PEOPLE DO
NOT, AND AN IMAGE MAP WILL BE A VERY
INACCESSIBLE THING TO YOU.
IF YOU NOTICE HOWEVER IN IN THE LOW
RIGHT HAND CORNER, HAS LINE THAT READS
"TEXT VERSION OF THIS PAGE {YK} ".
IF I GO AHEAD CLICK ON THAT, IT TURN
NOOSE A LIST OF TEXT.
SINCE I MENTIONED SCREEN READERS,LY GO
AHEAD AND TURN ON MY MACINTOSH VERSION
WHICH IS CALLED HEALTH SPOKEN FROM
BERKLEY SYSTEMS.
>> FIRST THING IT DOES IS TELL ME I'M IN
THE WINDOW.
I'M GOING TO NOW READ THIS PAGE.
>> SIT ACTUALLY READING A LONG LIST OF
COMMANDS YOU'RE NOT SEEING.
>> USE KEYBOARD.
>> BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT THE
BLIND GUY.
>> SOMEONE TAKE TALK AWAY GEORGE'S
MICROPHONE.
>> CAN YOU I ALSO HAVE THE AUDIO COMING
UP.
>> DO YOU HAVE A KEYBOARD.
>> NO, JUST USING MY MAIN KEYBOARD.
>> WHEN YOUR SCREEN READER IS TURNED ON
PROPERLY, IT WILL SCREEN THROUGH.
WHEREVER THERE IS A LINK, IT WILL GIVE.
>> SPECK SIGNAL TELLING YOU THERE IS A
LINK YOU CAN CLICK ON AND IT WILL EITHER
CHANGE IN TONY OR IN OTHER WAYS OF
INFORMING YOU THAT THERE ARE WAYS OF
SCANING THE SCREEN.
I AM SEEING PEOPLE SAY YOU'RE USING THE
DAMN MACINTOSH, THAT'S YOUR PROBLEM.
THE BASIC ISSUE IS THEY TURN INTO
PRESENTATIONS OF WHAT YOU PUTS ON THE
SCREEN.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE LIKE DO WITH
THIS WEB SITE -- (COMPUTER TALKING)?
.
(COMPUTER TALKING) (COMPUTER CONTINUING
TO TALK).
>> WE WILL REBOOT.
WE DO ENCOURAGE AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION.
>> DO YOU KNOW WHAT --.
>> THAT SOUND IS ONE WE ALL LOVE.
WHAT I HAD DONE WAS TOGGLE ON A SPECIAL
MODEM.
THAT'S WHY IT WAS NOT WORKING.
ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE HAVE
DONE IN THIS WEB SITE AND IN OUR
RECOMMENDATIONS THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY
ACCESS IF THE TRACE WEB SITE WHICH AND
IT WILL NOT DO THAT WHEN YOU ACCESS IT
FROM THE TRACE WEB SITE IS VARIOUS
GUIDELINES OF INVOLVING ALL THE TIME IN
TERMS OF ACCESS TO THE UNDERLYING CODING
CALLED H T M L WHEN YOU DRAW WEB SITE
BUT ALSO TO THE CONTENT THAT GETS SENT
OVER.
IT IS OBVIOUSLY, NOT JUST TEXT BEING
SENT OVER WEB SITES THESE DAYS.
TREMENDOUS AMOUNTS OF VISUAL DATA, SOUND
DATA NOW IS COMING INTO ITS OWN SNORE
AND MORE FREQUENTLY AND DIGITAL MOVIES
AS WELL.
WE AS WGBH A PUBLIC BROADCASTING STATION
ARE LOOKING AT THE FUTURE OF ACTUALLY
PROVIDING OUR CONTEMPT OVER THE WEB.
SINCE WE BEEN DOING ACCESS FOR SO MANY
YEAR, IT WAS NATURAL FOR US TO SAY HOW
WILL WE -- HOW ARE WE DOING TO PROVIDE
OUR CONTEMPT OVER THE WEB AND STILL BE
ACCESSIBLE.
IT IS A TOUGH QUESTION BECAUSE THE
STANDARDS HAVE NOT ACTUALLY BEEN WRITTEN
FOR ADDING CAPTIONS, DESCRIPTIONS ON
VIDEO.
SO THOSE -- SOME OF THE AREAS WE ARE
NEED TOGETHER EXPERIMENT WITH.
ONE OF THE ONE THAT IS WE'RE WORKING ON
IS THAT WE DISCOVERED FROM APPLES QUICK
TIME DEVELOPER'S KIT WHICH WAS USE OF
WHAT'S CALLED THE TEXT TRACT IN QUICK
TIME MOVIES.
NOW, INTERESTINGLY, ENOUGH, THIS WAS
SORT OF A UNIVERSAL DESIGN.
THEY DIDN'T THINK OF THIS AS A SPECIAL
TECHNOLOGY FOR DEAF PEOPLE AND WHAT IT
DOES IS -- GIVE YOU THE ABILITY TO AVID
YO SOUND.
SO I'M GOING TO PLAY A LITTLE DIGITAL
CLIP AVAILABLE ON THE WEB SITE THE WAY
MOST PEOPLE WOULD DOWNLOAD IT.
(MUSIC) FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, THE BALL
HAS BEEN DOWN AND THROWN AND YOU WANT TO
CATCH IT.
BUT HOW DO YOU KNOW WHERE IT WILL GO SO
YOU CAN BE THERE WHEN IT COMES DOWN?
>> WHAT WE SEE IS A LITTLE PROFESSOR IN
A WHITE LAB JACKET STANDING ON A
FOOTBALL FIELD WITH A BALL IN HIS HAND A
LITTLE THUMBNAIL SIZE DIGITAL VIDEO.
THROUGH THE USE OF THE QUALITY OF QUICK
TIME AND THIS PLAYER, WE CAN ACTUALLY
TURN THE TRACT ON AND CONTINUE PLAYING
IT WITH CAPTIONS.
ONE WAY IS TO USE THIS FORMULA.
IT FACTORS IN VELOCITY AND CALCULATE THE
DISTANCE THE BALL WILL GO.
YOUR BRAIN ESTIMATES ALL THESE VALUES IN
FIRST SECTION OF THE BALL SLIDE.
>> THIS IS JUST ONE EXPERIMENTAL WAY OF
ADDING TEXT TO WHERE THERE IS SOUND ON
THE INTERNET.
THERE ARE MANY OTHER WAYS CERTAINLY
PROVIDING THE FULL TRANSCRIPT THE WAY
TOM MENTIONED THIS MORNING ON THE WHITE
HOUSE WEB SITE, THEY HAVE A GREETING
MESSAGE FROM BOTH PRESIDENT CLINTON AND
VICE PRESIDENT GORE BUT YOU CAN ALSO
INSTEAD OF DOWNLOADING THE CLIP, WHICH
WILL TAKE YOU MAYBE FIFTEEN MINUTES WITH
A SLOW MODEM, YOU CAN CLIP ON THE TEXT
VERSION AND HAVE IT VIRTUALLY INSTANCE
TANOUSLY.
YOU CAN CUT AND PASTE THAT IF YOU LIKE
TO QUOTE IT YOURSELF OR INTO YOUR BOOK
REPORT.
IT ALSO HAPPENS TO BE TEXT THAT IS THEN
SEARCH ABLE ON LINE WHEN YOU USE ONE OF
THESE SENIOR ENGINEERS ARE COMMON THIS
DAYS LIKE IT WILL FIND WORDS.
SO IF YOU KNEW PRESIDENT CLINTON SAID,
"I SUPPORT ACCESS FOR PEOPLE WITH
DISABILITIES" YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO
SEARCH FOR THAT AND FIND IT.
IF IT WAS JUST AN AUDIO CLIP, YOU COULD
NOT FIND IT.
ONE OF THE OTHER NICE THINGS ABOUT THIS
TECHNOLOGY IS IT GIVES US THE CHANCE OF
INDEXING YOUR DIGITAL CLIP.
LET ME DRAG THIS WINDOW OVER.
I HAVE NOW DRAGGED A SEARCH WINDOW AND I
HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY FIND.
I BELIEVE THEY USED THE WORLD VELOCITY
THIN CLIP.
IT GOES TO THAT FRAME THAT HIGHLIGHTS
THAT WORD.
IT FACTORS IN THAT ASK SELL RAY RATION
AND TIME.
MAKES FOR A VERY NICE LITTLE INDEXING
TOOL THERE.
IF YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO FIND CLIPS,
YOU CAN GET WHAT THAT DATA.
THE NEWEST VERSION OF QUICK TIME, 2.5
HAS EVEN MORE POWERFUL.
I HAVE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO PLAY WITH IT
YET, BUT I CAN UNDERSTAND IT CAN DOWN
LAD THE CAPTION FROM A VIDEO CLIP AND
STORE THEM UP AS A SEPARATE FILE.
IT IS QUITE NICE.
ONE OTHER LAST CLIP I WOULD LIKE TO SHOW
YOU.
IS A LITTLE BIT OF A EXPERIMENT WE DID
WITH DEDESCRIPTION ON OUR WEB SITE.
WE HAD SET UP THIS ONE DEPARTMENT CALLED
DESCRIPTIVE VIDEO SERVICE AND WHAT THEY
DO IS MAKE VARIOUS TELEVISION PROGRAMS
AND HOME VIDEOS ACCESSIBLE THROUGH
ADDING A SEPARATE NATIVE TRACT.
OF COURSE THIS SERVICE CAN ALSO BE MADE
AVAILABLE ON LINE AS YOU SAW WITH THIS
MOVIE LAYER MENU.
YOU CAN ADD AS MANY VIDEO AND SOUND YOU
CAN TRACTS AS YOU CAN WANTED.
SO A PERSON COULD DOWN LEWD THE CLIP, IN
IN THE SPANISH TRACT, THE MAIN PROGRAM
TRAT AND MIX THEM ALL TOGETHER IF THEY
WANT.
RIGHT NOW, I'M GOING TO FINISH WITH OUR
VERSION OF THE LION KING, ALL
PERMISSIONS GRANTED BY DISNEY AND HOW WE
DESCRIBE THAT.
>> YEAAH!
>> SYMBOL RACES OUTSIDE, ROBBIE SMILE
AND POINTS TOWARD HITS FATHER.
THE TWO SIT SIDE BY SIDE WATCHING THE
GOLDEN SUNRISE.
>> LOOK, EVERYTHING THE LIGHT TOUCHES IS
OUR KINGDOM.
>> WOW!
>> THAT'S ONE WAY OF DOING CLIPS ON
LINE.
WE WILL BE EXPERIMENTING WITH MANY, MANY
OTHERS AND I HOPE THAT IN GOING BACK TO
THE TRANSCRIPT OF WHAT I HAD TO SHOW
TODAY, WE WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO CORRECT
IT AND SHOW YOU THE DEMONSTRATION WORKED
PERFECTLY, YOU WILL ALL REMEMBER THAT,
RIGHT.
THANKS.
>>>.
>> OUR NEXT CONTESTANT ON COMEDY CENTRAL
WILL BE THE REPRESENTATIVE FROM
MICROSOFT.
AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU MAKE TACKY
REMARKS.
ANY WAY, AT THE 5 CLOCK DEMONSTRATION,
I'M SURE LARRY WILL HAVE ALL THE BUGS
WORKED OUT.
YOU WILL SEE WHAT HAD TO GO THROUGH WITH
THE WIRES DOWN HERE, YOU WOULD
UNDERSTAND WHY THERE IS PLENTY OF ROOM
WITH THE ERRORS.
THE NEXT PERSON IS FROM MICRO SO..
BEGIN BY INTRODUCING YOURSELF AND
TELLING US WHAT YOU WILL DO AND THEN,
TRY AND DO IT.
>> REMEMBER, TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF,
SPEAK INTO THE MIKE CLEARLY AND
CONCISELY?
WHAT WAS THE THIRD ONE.
>> MY NAME IS DAVID BOLNICK,
ACCESSIBILITY PROGRAM MANAGER AT MICRO
CEMENT.
THEY SET ASIDE PROGRAM MANAGERS THAT
THEIR SOLE JOB IS TO UNDERSTAND THE
ISSUES OF ACCESS ABILITY AND TO TRY TO
ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES AND IN FUTURE
TECHNOLOGY.
I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE FIVE SECONDS TO
ADDRESS SOMETHINGS MENTIONED BEFORE
ABOUT WHAT'S BEING DONE.
THIS ACTUALLY RELATES TO IN INTERNET.
BUT WHAT'S MICROSOFT DOING ABOUT
ACCESSIBILITY ON THE INTERNET IN
GENERAL?
ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT WAS BROUGHT UP
WAS THE WAY TO TACKLE THIS PROBLEM WAS
TO GO TO THE CORE LEVEL.
GO TO THE OPERATING LEVEL, THE OPERATING
SYSTEM LEVEL, DOWN DEEP SO THAT IF WE
TAKE CARE OF THE ARCHITECT TOUR AND TAKE
CARE OF THE UNDER PAINTINGS, THEN, OTHER
COMPANIES CAN COME ALONG AND CREATE
SOFTWARE AND APPLY THEIR CREATIVE SKILLS
TO TAKE THAT SOFTWARE TO GREATER HEIGHTS
AND GREATER VISIBILITY.
SO WHAT WE ARE RELEASING THIS YEAR IN
FACT, IT IS ALREADY IN BATA, THIS IS NOT
MAKE-BELIEVE, THIS IS ACTUALLY RELEASED
IN BATA AND WILL BE RELEASES TODAY THE
ENTIRE WORLD SHORT HE SOMETHING CALLED
ACTIVE ACCESSIBILITY.
AND ACTIVE ACCESSIBILITY IS A LOT OF
TERMINOLOGY THAT BASICALLY MEAN THAT IS
WE'RE INTRO DID YOUS TOGETHER THE
OPERATING SYSTEM -- TO THE OPERATING
SYSTEM LEVEL, THE CODE SO PEOPLE CAN
WRITE APPLICATIONS LIKE SCREEN READERS
AND KNOW WHAT'S ON THE SCREEN, WHAT IS
HAPPENING ON THE SCREEN, AND HAVE
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT EVERY
SINGLE COMPONENT ON THE SCREEN.
SO WE WILL MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR A
COMPANY TO COME ALONG, TO ADD THESE
DESCRIPTION TOSS THEIR SOFTWARE AND
ANOTHER COMPANY TO COME ALONG THAT WILL
BE ACTUALLY TABLE TO READ THE SCREEN,
EFFICIENTLY, AND ALL THE TIME.
NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT CHANGES IN HE
REFER TED SOFTWARE AND DOES NOT WORK
THINK MORE.
IF PEOPLE FOLLOW THE PROCEDURE, IT WILL
ALWAYS WORK.
IT IS VERY EXCITING TECHNOLOGY AND
AVAILABLE STORE EVERY ONE.
WE WANTS TO PROMOTE ITS USE SO THAT WE
CAN HAVE CONSISTENT AND ACCESSIBILITY, A
SHORT LITTLE SPEECH ON PHILOSOPHY.
ACCESSIBILITY IS NOT VERY IMPORTANT OR
IS NOT VERY INTERESTING.
IF IT IS NOT ACCESSIBLE.
SO, YOU HAVE TO BE CONSISTENT.
WE TALKED ABOUT SOMEONE WANT THIS, THAT
THAT'S FINE BUT IF IT'S NOT CONSISTENT,
IF IT IS NOT THE SAME FOR EVERY ONE AND
EVERY ONE APPROACHES IT THE SAME WAY,
THEN, YOU WILL NEVER HAVE ANYTHING
ACCESSIBLE BECAUSE WILL YOU NEVER HAVE
AN EXPERT.
THAT SAYS THIS IS THE WAY TO DO IT.
EVERY PERSON WILL BE ON THEIR OWN AND
HAVE TO LEARN ON THEIR SHOWN.
SO WE WILL HAVE THE HAVES AND HAVE NOT
OF COMPUTE HER TECHNOLOGY.
WE WANT CONSISTENCY AND IT WILL LEAD TO
ACCESSIBILITY.
THAT'S NOT WHY I'M HERE TODAY, THOUGH.
I'M HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT -- I'M HERE
TO GET HIGH PICTURE TAKEN.
ACCESSIBILTY AND TECHNOLOGY, WHAT I
THOUGHT I WOULD TALK ABOUT TODAY IS THE
CONCEPT OF ABOUT MULTI MEDIA.
-- CAPTIONING MULTI MEDIA.
WHEN YOU SAY WHY DOES CLOSED CAPTIONING
IMPORTANT?
MULTI MEDIA, DESPITE WHAT PEOPLE LIKE
AND DON'T LIKE IS WHERE THE COMPUTER
INDUSTRY IS GOING.
THERE WILL NOT BE A WEB SITE AVAILABLE
IN A COUPLE OF YEARS THAT DOES NOT
SUPPORT, TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OR USE MULTI
MEDIA.
SO BROADCAST, TV, IT'S GOING TO MULTI
MEDIA HOW IS IT -- WELL, INTERACTIVE TV,
SNOUT JUST INTERACTIVE, MAYBE MOVIES ON
DEMAND, YOUR INTERFACE, THE WAY YOU WILL
TALK TO THE SYSTEM, TO THE TV IS THROUGH
MULTI MEDIA.
SO THE CONCEPT OF CAPTIONING AND
ACCESSIBILITY THROUGH THE TRADITIONAL
BROADCAST METHODS WILL FADE AWAY.
SO WHAT WE NEED TO DO NOW IS WORK VERY
HARD TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S NEEDED FOR
CAPTIONING IN MULTI MEDIA SO THAT AS
EVERYBODY FOCUSES TOWARD THE VENUE OF
MULTI MEDIA, WE WILL BE READY.
I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE YOU THROUGH A
PROCESS, HOW WE TACKLE THIS PROBLEM AND
TO SHOW YOU THE PROCESS THAT WE GO
THROUGH SO YOU CAN BETTER UNDERSTAND
WHAT WE GO THROUGH SO ONE, YOU WILL NOT
BE SO INPATIENT AND YOU WILL UNDERSTAND
WHY IT TAKES A FEW MONTHS TO RESPOND TO
YOUR {SLER}S AND IDEAS.
---LETTERS AND IDEAS.
SO WHY CAPTION MULTI MEDIA.
AS I POINTED OUT,LY GO THROUGH IT.
BASICALLY, INTERACTIVE TV, SOMETHING
SOON CALLED P C THIS. C WHERE THE TV
WILL COME RIGHT IN OVER YOUR P C.
BASICALLY, WILL YOU INTERACT WITH THAT
TV THROUGH A MULTI MEDIA INTERFACE, THE
INTERNET, WEB AND EVEN C D ROOM WILL BE
DOMINATED BY MULTI MEDIA.
EVEN MUNDANE PROGRAMS LIKE "WORD FOR
WINDOWS "AND LOT TUESDAY 1, 2, 3,
BELIEVE IT OR NOT, WILL YOU START
SIGHING INTERFACING THAT HAVE A LOT OF
MULTI MEDIA CONTENT.
FOR EDUCATION REFERENCE TITLES, THOSE
TOO WILL BE ENDOWED WITH A {OLT} LOVE
MULTI MEDIA.
IT IS IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE IN THE
EDUCATIONAL FIELD, IT IS IMPORTANT FOR
CHILDREN, IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE WITH JOB
{OS} THAT AS THE COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY
CHANGES AND IT WILL CHANGE, THAT PEOPLE
WHO ARE BLIND PEOPLE, DEAF PEOPLE, WHO
HAVE TROUBLE READING HAVE A MEANS TO
KEEP UP.
THAT THE COMPUTER SHOULD BE AN EQUAL
LEADER AND NOT DIVIDE US.
CAPTIONING IS A GREAT TEACHING TOOL.
OF ALL THE RESEARCH I SEEN OUT THERE,
AND I BEEN LOOK THE AT A LOT OF THEM,
ONE OF THE MOST INTERESTING THING IS
ACTUALLY TO TEACH CHILDREN HOW TO READ.
OR TO READ BETTER, I SHOULD SAY.
AND IT'S GOOD TOOL NOR THAT.
IN FACT, IT TEACHES ADULTS HOW TO READ
BETTER AS WELL.
WHEN I FIRST STARTED STUDYING THIS, I
STARTED WATCHING CLOSED CAPTIONING ON TV
AND I HAD TROUBLE KEEPING UP.
SO I ACTUALLY HAD TO IMPROVE MY READING
SO IT IS NOT JUST GOOD FOR TEACHING
CHILDREN, IT IS GOOD FOR TEACHING
ADULTS.
ENTERTAINMENT AND GAME, NO WITHIN SHOULD
BE EXCLUDED.
WHEN IT'S POSSIBLE, ALL SOFTWARE SHOULD
BE CREATED SO THAT ALL PEOPLE CAN USE
IT.
AND WHEN YOU DESIGN SOFTWARE, WEB PAGES,
ALL YOUR DESIGN SHOULD BE DONE SUCH THAT
YOU SIT THERE AND GO, AND MICRO SOFT RUN
THE TEST THAT WE USE, CAN MY MOTHER USE
IT?
WELL, IF YOUR MOTHER IS NOT DEAF, YOU
SHOULD ASK YOURSELF, CAN MY FRIEND'S
MOTHER WHO IS DEAF USE IT?
AND IF YOUR MOTHER AND YOUR FRIEND'S
MOTHER WHO -- OR IF YOUR MOTHER IS NOT
BLIND, CAN MY FRIEND'S MOTHER WHO IS
BLIND, CAN SHE USE IT.
YOU SHOULD ASK THESE QUESTIONS WHEN YOU
ARE DE{SIP}INGING PUTTING TOGETHER
PACKAGES WHETHER THEY CAN BE USED BY
EVERY ONE.
SOMETHING THAT WAS BROUGHT UP THAT'S
VERY IMPORTANT IS IN DESRIPTION
RETRIEVAL OF CONTEMPT.
LARRY GAVE YOU A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF
THAT. WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO FIND HE
CONTENT.
THE IDEA OF THE COMPUTER, THE INTERNET
IS ALL THIS INFORMATION AT YOUR FINGER
TIP THAT IS YOU SHOULD ALWAYS BE ABLE TO
SEARCH FOR CONTENT.
AND THERE IS MUCH MORE.
I DON'T WANT TO BORE YOU.
LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT OUR INITIAL DESIGN
PROCESS ON CAPTIONING MULTI MEDIA.
I WANT TO ITCH YOU, RUBIN WHO IS IN THE
AUDIENCE, WHO IS A BLAME MANAGER, NOT AN
ACCESSIBILITY PROGRAM MANAGER BUT JUST A
PROGRAM MANAGER, A GOOD PROGRAM MANAGER
LO TOOK IT UPON HIMSELF TO TO WORK ON
THE DESIGN OF CAPTIONING IN MULTI MEDIA.
AND HE DIDN'T DO IT BECAUSE HE WAS AN
ACCESSIBILITY PROGRAM MANAGER, HE DID IT
BECAUSE IT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
IT IT WAS RIGHT WAY TO DESIGN SOFTWARE.
SO LET ME TELL YOU SOME THINGS YOU HAVE
TO KEEP IN MIND WHEN YOU'RE DOING THIS
FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME.
THE FIRST THING YOU HAVE TO DO AND
PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT
THINGS AND SOMETHING YOU MAY NOT
RECOGNIZE IS SICK NICE WITH THE AUDIO,
AUDIO TRACK AND TEXT TRACT ARE
DIFFERENT, IT IS NOT ALWAYS EASY TO
SYNCHRONIZE.
WE ARE WORKING ON THAT.
THE -- FOR INITIAL DESIGN, WE WORKED IN
A SINGLE LANGUAGE.
ALTHOUGH THE FUTURE WILL DEMAND,
MULTIPLE LANGUAGES FOR CAPTIONING AND
THE HAVE YOU HAPPEN TO BE LOCATED IN
FRANCE AND MY WEB PAGE IS IN THE U.S.,
WHEN YOU CONNECT TO MY WEB PAGE, IT
SHOULD BE ABLE TO DETECT THAT YOU'RE IN
FRANCE AND THE CAPTIONING THAT IS
DISPLACED IS FRENCH.
UNLESS YOU WANT IT TO BE IN ENGLISH.
WE STARTED WITH THE SIMPLE FORMAT
BECAUSE ALREADY NO TESTS, VERY LITTLE
RESEARCH BEING DONE ON CAPTIONING.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO BE THE
BEST FORMAT.
SO WE DECIDED WE START WITH THE VERY
SIMPLE FOR WHAT AND SIMULTANEOUSLY AT
THIS MOMENT, WE ARE DOING USER ABILITY
STUDIES TO DETERMINE THE BEST
ATTRIBUTES, TEXT BACKGROUND, ENTRANCE
SIX, SO ON AND SO FORTH.
-- TRANSACTION, AND IN WINDOWS '95, NOT
ANYTHING SERB, BUT BUT THE CONCEPT IS
THAT HAS PROPERTY THAT YOU SET.
AND IT IMPLIES THAT YOU NEED ASSISTANCE
IN -- WITH AUDIO, THAT YOU CAN'T HEAR
AUDIO AND PLEASE DISPLAY CAPTIONS
AUTOMATICALLY IF THEY ARE AVAILABLE.
SO IF SOMEONE USING A COMPUTER SETS THE
CAPTION OPTION, OR SHOW SOUNDS OPTION,
ANY PROGRAM THAT'S RUNNING THAT SUPPORT
CAPTIONS WILL AUTOMATICALLY TURN THE
CAPTIONS ON.
ANOTHER BIG PROBLEM THAT WE FACED IS
THAT BROADCAST MEDIA WHICH YOU'RE USED
IT, THE CAPTIONS CAN BE LACED ANYWHERE
HAS LONG AS YOU'RE NOT LAYING THE
CAPTIONS OVER THE PERSON TALKING, YOU'RE
DOING A GOOD JOB.
IN MULTI MEDIA WHERE ANY POSITION ON THE
SCREEN CAN BE HOT, IN OTHER WORDS, YOU
CAN CLICK ON ANY MOTION AND EXPECT A
RESPONSE, YOU CAN'T PLACE THE CAPTIONS
IN THOSE AREAS.
SO WE HAD TO CREATE SOMETHING CALLED A
COLD ZONE.
NO HOT SITES IN THIS ZONE.
LY SHOW YOU AN EXAMPLE IN A SECOND.
BUT LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE WANT TO GIVE
YOU WHEN APPROPRIATE, AN OPTION TO TURN
ON AND OFF.
THE IDEA HERE IS TO DUP POSE YOU'RE IN
THE CLASS ROOM AND ALL THE OTHER KIDS
ARE WATCHING A TITLE.
ONE DEAF CHILD.
CHANCES OF SHOW SOUNDS BEING TURNED ON
IS PRETTY UNLIKELY.
SO IF WE GIVE PEOPLE AN EASY WAY TO
CLICK SON AND OFF, LIKE THE CLOSED
CAPTIONING, THEN, IF THE DEAF CHILD IS
THERE, HE CAN REQUEST THAT THE CAPTION
BY TURNED ON.
SO LET ME GO THROUGH QUICKLY HOW WE DID
IT.
THIS IS NOW -- THE RESOLUTION ON IS
SCREEN UP HERE IS NOT VERY GOOD SO IT'S
HARD FOR YOU TO SEE.
THAT IS CONTROL PANEL WHERE YOU SHOULD
CHANGE THE AT TRIBUTE FOR THE ASH ASH
FOR THE SHOW SOUNDS.
AND UP THERE IS ALSO THE UNIVERSAL ICON
THAT'S USED BY EVERY ONE AT THIS POINT
FOR ACCESSIBILITY OPTIONS IN THE
COMPUTER.
WE CHOSE A TITLE.
THE FIRST TITLE WOULD BE A KID'S TITLE,
IT DIDN'T GIVES US A LITTLE MORE
FLEXIBILITY.
THEY ARE A LITTLE MORE FORGIVING.
SO THE FIRST TITLE WE CHOSE WAS MAGIC
SCHOOL BUS.
>> (COMPUTER TALKING (.
>> SO LET ME GO OVER QUICKLY HOW WE DID
THIS.
WE HAVE WHAT'S CALLED A CODE ZONE.
WE CLOSE TO BE THE VERY BOTTOM OF THE
SCREEN.
BECAUSE ON THE VERY BOTTOM OF THE
SCREEN, WE DESIGNATED AS A PLACE WHERE
NO HOT SIGHTS, IF YOU CLICK ON IT,
NOTHING WILL HAPPEN.
SO HAS BEND ON THE OF SCREEN THAT HAS
NOTHING INTERACTIVE ON IT.
WE CHOSE THAT BAND HAS WHERE WE WOULD
PUT THE CAPTIONING.
AND CAPTIONING IS TURNED ON, THE BAND IS
BLACKED OUT WHERE THE TEXT CAN GO.
AND THERE IS SOMETHING VERY INTERESTING
ON THIS PICTURE.
ARE ALL OF YOU FAMILIAR WITH THE MAGIC
SCHOOL BUS?
MAYBE YOU'RE NOT.
THEY PRETTY WELL HAVE HOT SIGHTS
THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE IMAGINE.
IF IF YOU CLICK ON HER FACE AND BY THE
QUESTION MARK, SOMETHING ELSE HAPPENS,
YOU'RE INSIDE THE SCHOOL BUS.
IF YOU CLICK ON QUICK, SAFE, SOMETHING
ELSE HAPPENS, WELL TUCKED AWAY RIGHT
ABOVE MISS FIZZLE'S FACE, WILL YOU SEE A
CC DECALL.
IF YOU CLICK ON THE CC DECALL, WILL YOU
GET CAPTIONING AND THE CAPTIONING WILL
BE IN SYNC WITH THE NARRATION.
LET ME GIVEN YOU ONE QUICK OTHER
EXAMPLE, HERE IS A SCREEN IMAGE FROM THE
MAGIC SCHOOL BUS.
WE TURN ON CAPTIONING.
WE FIND SOME CONVERSATION AND AWAY YOU
GO.
IT'S VERY SIMPLE.
LET ME TELL HAVE YOU WHAT WE HAVE TO THE
WORKED ON YET BUT WHICH WE ARE WORKING
ON.
MULTIPLE LANGUAGE.
WE SHOULD SUPPORT HAS MANY LANGUAGES AS
WE CAN.
AND CLIENT SIZE MIXING IS A FANCY WAY OF
SAYING WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO PULL A VIDEO
STREAM FROM ONE LOCATION, AN AUDIO AND
TEXT SCREEN FROM ANOTHER LOCATION, FUSS
THEM TOGETHER ON THE CLIENT  AND HAVE
THEM DISPLACED AS CAPTIONING SUPER
IMPOSED RIGHT OVER THE IMAGE AND NOT
HAVE THEM HAVE TO COME FROM THE SAME
SOURCE.
ANOTHER FEATURE WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE DID
THE CON SIT OF SAFE AND PRINT CAPTION.
THIS ALLOWS YOU TO STAFF THE CAPTION SO
AS YOU WORK THROUGHOUT SOMETHING THAT IS
EDUCATIONAL, YOU CAN KEEP A WRITTEN
RECORD OF WHAT YOU'RE EXPERIENCED.
SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO MEMORIZE EVERYTHING
AND MOST OF YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T MEMORIZE
EVERYTHING.
WE WANT TO GIVE USERS THE OPTION TO SET
THEIR OWN ATRIBUUTION, FONTS, TYPE,
BACKGROUND, BOARDER STYLE, TRANSITION
TYPE, TRANSITION MEANS DO YOU JUMP SNAP
ANOTHER LAYER OF TEXT ON OR DO YOU
SCROLL OR DO YOU BLIND IN?
THERE IS MANY DIFFERENT WAYS OF DOING A
TRANSITION.
THE TRANSITION IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE SOME
PEOPLE WITH READING DISABILITIES PART OF
THE PROBLEM IS THE TYPE OF TRANSITION
YOU USE.
AND IT CAUSES THEM TO DEFOCUS ON WHAT
THEY ARE READING AND A DELAY IN THEIR
ABILITY TO REFOCUS.
SO TRANSITION IS RATHER IMPORTANT.
AS YOU I MENTIONED BEFORE, WE WANT TO
SUPPORT MULTIPLE LANGUAGES, BLOCK
PROPERTIES SO YOU CAN HAVE THEM APPEAR
IN DIFFERENT SHAPES, WHATEVER IS
APPROPRIATE.
AND WE WANT TO DO THIS WITH THE CONCEPT
OF SCREAMS.
SO WE SHOULD NOT HOOK A USER TO GO IN
AND CHANGE 20 DIFFERENT SETTINGS AND
HAVE THEM TRY TO FIGURE OUT THE BEST
ONE.
THAT'S OUR JOB.
OUR JOB IS TO STUDY WHEN THE THE BEST
SETTINGS ARE AND CREATE SCHEMES WITH
THOSE SETTINGS LIKE MUSIC, CREATE THESE
SCREENS SO PEOPLE CAN PICK FROM THESE
SCHEMES.
IF THEY WANT TO, THEY CAN GO IN AND MESS
AROUND {TW} THE INDIVIDUAL SETTINGS BUT
THAT'S ALWAYS VERY COMPLICATED AND VERY
DANGEROUS.
WE WANT TO INTRODUCE AN EXTENDED
CHARACTER SET SO THAT THERE'S SET
STANDARDS FOR AN NOTATIONS THAT IS TELL
YOU WHAT TYPE OF MUSIC, IS IT A POP,
HAPPY PERSON OR WHATEVER TO GIVE YOU
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST AS WE MENTIONED
BEFORE, WE WANT TO SUPPORT INDEXING AND
SEARCH.
SO WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SO YOU IS A
PRODUCT THAT WE WILL BE RELEASING AT THE
END OF THIS SUMMER.
WE'RE WHAT I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU IS
SOMETHING WITH A SOME BUGS IN IT, STILL
BETA.
WE WILL HAVE THOSE BUCKS FIXED IN THREE
WEEKS RIGHT HERE.
THESE BUG THERE IS BE FIXED.
I WILL SHOW THEM TO YOU.
>>) MUSIC N).
>> LET ME GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE.
THIS IS HOW YOU MIGHT THE TYPICAL
STUDENT.
>> OH WHY HAS MY DINOSAUR GONE?
OH WHERE OR WHERE CAN HE BE?
WITH TEETH SO BIG \M.
>> THIS IS HOW A DEAF STUDENT MY
EXPERIENCE IF SAME THING.
YOU CAN SEE IS BOYS TALKING BUT, NOTHING
IS HAPPENING.
NOW, WE CAN GO UP THERE AND THERE IS
THIS LITTLE IMAGE UP THERE, BUT IT
ACTUALLY SAYS CC ON THERE.
AND WE CAN CLICK THAT IMAGE AND THEN,
CLICK ON SOMEONE TO {STHAUK} AND THERE
YOU GO.
>> WE HAVE CAPTIONING ON THE {ZBOM} AND
REPRESENTS EXACTLY WHAT SHE IS SAYING.
AND YOU CAN SEE IF I GET THE VOLUME BACK
UP UP.
>> YOU CAN SEE IT WAS IN WITH THE AUDIO.
AND THAT'S MY PRESENTATION.
>> IF THOSE BUGS ARE WORKED OUT IN THREE
WEEK, I PROMISE NEVER TO SAY ANYTHING
BAD ABOUT MICROSOFT AGAIN.
ONE THING, MANY OF YOU WHO KNOW ME KNOW
THAT FOR YEARS, I ALWAYS CARRIED A
CAMERA AND BEEN LEGALLY BLIND WHICH
CONFUSING THE HELL OUT OF ANYBODY.
I SWITCHED TO DIGITAL RECENTLY, KODAK 40
AND IT IS THE WAVE OF THE FUTURE H MY
EYESIGHT HAS GOTTEN SO BAD THAT EVEN
USING A LOT OF SLIGHT AND MAGNIFICATION,
SEE AGO REGULAR PHOTOGRAPH SPRING IS
GETTING MORE DIFFICULT FOR ME.
EVERY ROLL OF FILM, I KNEW HAVE A COUPLE
OF PEOPLE I CAN'T IDENTIFY BECAUSE EVER
NOT SEEN THEIR PICTURE BEFORE.
SO I GOT HUNDREDS OF PICTURES COLLECTED.
SOME DAY, THEY WILL ALL RUSH OFF AT THE
SAME TIME AND I WILL HAVE PROBLEMS.
WITH THIS LITTLE CAMERA, I TAKE YOUR
PICTURE, TAKE IT SOME AND DO A LITTLE
COMPARTMENT ON THE SIDE HERE.
I PLUG IN MY -- THE PRINTSER PORT {UX}
DOWNLOAD YOU ON A HARD DISK, PUSH A BUT
PHONE AND I CAN SEE YOU ON MY COMPUTER
SCREEN.
I JUMP SPENDS $5,000 AND PROBABLY WILL
GO BLIND IN A WEEK, A MACINTOSH WILL
ALLOW ME TO SEE MAYBE A COUPLE OF MONTHS
OR YEARS LONGER BUT THIS IS THE WAY IT
IS GOING AND WILL MAKE PHOTOGRAPHY AND
SEEING A LOT {Z} {YR} KODAK ACTUALLY HAS
ON THE MARKET NOW, A SMALL ONE SIMILAR
TO MY REGULAR CAMERA UNDER $350 FOR A
DIGITAL.
IT IS BEGINNING AND IT IS GOING IN THE
RIGHT PLACES.
GREGG HAS DEMONSTRATED TO ME AND
HOPEFULLY, HE MAY DO IT TO NEW
AFTERNOON, A DIGITAL VIDEO CAMERA THAT
IS HALF THE SIZE OF THIS.
AND IT TAKES 60 MINUTES HOST VIDEO AND
ALLOWS YOU TO DUMP THAT ON THE HARD DISK
AND VIEW IT THROUGH YOUR COMPUTER.
SO DIGITAL IMAGING IS BASICALLY WHERE
WE'RE HEADED AND A PLACE I HAVE ALREADY
GOTTEN TO.
GREGG HAS THIS PARANIOA ABOUT BEING VAST
AND THE FACT HE NEVER GETS ENOUGH TIME
TO FINISH.
SO I'M GOING TO SHUT UP AND LET GREGG
INTRODUCE HIMSELF BRIEFLY AND TELL YOU
ALL ABOUT HIS DEMONSTRATION PROCESS.
WHICH YOU WILL GET TO DO A HANDS ON AT
50 CLOCK DOWN IN THE BAM ROOM.
SO I GIVE YOU, EVERY ONE KNOWS, GREGG.
>> HI.
I'M SUPPOSED TO BE WIRE HERE.
CAN YOU ALL HEAR ME?
IS THE MICROPHONE WORKING.
>> NOT WELL ENOUGH FOR THE VIRTUAL
FOLKS.
>> CAN YOU TURN THE MIKE UP BECAUSE I
WILL BE USING MY HANDLES.
>> I'M GREGG VANDERHEIDEN WITH THE TRACE
CENTER WHICH CELEBRATES ITS 25TH YEAR
THIS YEAR.
IN ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY AND ACCESS.
WE STARTED IN THE AREA OF AUGMENTIVE
COMMUNICATION AND MOVED INTO COMPUTERS
WHEN THEY CAME OUT.
THE CONCERN THERE AND THIS IS VERY
RELEVANT FOR WHERE WE'RE GOING, THE
CONCERN WAS THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE
TALKING ABOUT HOW YOU USE SPECIAL
COMPUTER WITH SPECIAL SOFTWARE TO DO
SPECIAL THINGS FOR SPECIAL PEOPLE.
WELL, THIS IS ALL FINE AND DAD DANDY
EXCEPT THE COMPUTERS WERE NOT BEING
DESIGNED AND BUILT TO DO THESE SPECIAL
THINGS.
THEY WERE BEING DESIGNED AND BUILT TO
ALLOW THE ENTIRE MASS POPULATION TO BE
ABLE TO GO IN DIRECTIONS AND DO ALL
SORTS OF THINGS AND THE CONCERN WAS THAT
THE SPECIAL PEOPLE COULD USE THE SPECIAL
SOFTWARE BUT THE SPECIAL PEOPLE WERE NOT
ABLE TO USE THE REGULAR SOFTWARE AND DO
THE REGULAR THINGS.
SO THE FOCUS WAS ON WHAT WE CALLED
TRANSPARENT ACCESS AND THAT IS, HOW DO
WITH CREATE THING SO PEOPLE CAN ACCESS
AND USE THEM THE WAY WITH ALL OF THE
STANDARD SOFTWARE, ET CETERA.
AS THE IS INFORMATION SYSTEM IS NOW
COMING TO THE FORE, WE ARE RUN INTO THE
SAME PROBLEM AGAIN, ONLY THIS TIME, WE
HAVE AN ADDITION PROBLEM AND HAS THAT WE
DON'T WANT TO JUST HAVE ACCESS TO ALL
THESE THINKING DOING THE REGULAR THINGS
THEY WERE DESIGNED TO DUTY THE THE
THINGS WE WANT ACCESS TO IS SHOWING UP
IN OUR ENVIRONMENT, INFORMATION, PUBLIC
BUILDING DIRECT DIRECTORIES ARE SHOWING
UP, IN THIS FORM, LIBRARYS, SCHOOLS, IT
IS TURNING TO BE AN ACADEMIC' THING.
WHEN THAT HAPPEN, WE LOSS THE ABILITY TO
HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL GO AND JURY RIG THEIR
OWN COMPUTER SO THEY CAN NOW USE IT TO
USE WITH THE STANDARD SOFTWARE.
WE HAVE TO PICK OUT STRATEGIES NOW THAT
WILL ALLOW AN INDIVIDUAL TO BE ABLE TO
WALK UP TO THE TECHNOLOGIES WHERE OF HE
{FP} FIND OUT THROUGH THE DAY AS THEY
FIND THEM EXAMPLE BE ABLE TO USE THEM
WHERE THEY FIND THEM.
WITHOUT HAVING TO OPEN THEM UP AND
REPROGRAM THEM AND ADD SPECIAL
TECHNOLOGY ET CETERA.
ES {SPB} ESPECIALLY WHEN WE TALKING
OPENING UP ATM'S.
WE TRY TO SAY IT IS IN THE INTEREST OF
ACCESS AND HE WANTED TO KNOW ACCESS TO
WHAT, FINANCIAL FREEDOM?
SO WE COME TO SOMETHING WHICH IS CALLED
UNIVERSAL DESIGN BASICALLY, WHAT IT
AMOUNTS TO IS THAT WE NEED TO BEGIN LOOK
ING AT HOW WE DESIGN THESE TECHNOLOGIES
SO THEY ARE FLEXIBLE ENOUGH SO THAT
PEOPLE WITH ALL DIFFERENT TYPES OF
DISABILITIES ARE ABLE TO USE THEM, THAT
THEY IN FACT ALLOW THEMSELVES TO BE
ADAPTED TO FIT.
NOW, THIS SOUNDS LIKE A REALLY GREAT
IDEA UNTIL YOU START THINKING ABOUT WHAT
IT REALLY MEAN,, WE SAID, WE DON'T KNOW
HOW TO DO IT FOR EVERYBODY WHO HAS A
DISABILITY BUT WE KNOW HOW TO DO IT FOR
THESE PEOPLE.
SO LET'S WORRY ABOUT THOSE.
THE PROBLEM THERE IS THAT WE ARE THEN
DOCK WHAT WE ACCUSE THE MASS MARKET
PEOPLE OF DOING AND THAT IS GOING FOR
THE SWEET SPOT AND ANYTHING WE DON'T
KNOW AND UNDERSTAND, WE SORT OF IGNORE.
SO SO WE ARE REALLY TALKING ABOUT MAKING
THINGS ACCESSIBLE, THING THAT IS CAN BE
USED BY PEOPLE THAT DON'T SEE VERY WELL
OR CAN'T SEE AT SHALL AND DON'T HEAR
VERY WELL AND CAN'T EHAR AT ALL.
WHO HAVE MANIPULATION PROBLEMS WHO CAN'T
REACH VERY WELL OR REACH AT ALL.
SO THEY CAN'T REACH SOUGHT AND TOUCH IT.
WHO DON'T READ VERY WELL OR WHO CAN'T
READ AT ALL.
AND JUST CAN NOW, SOMEBODY IN WHEN
YOU'RE TALKING TO A KIOSK DESIGNERS
START RAISING THEIR LAND AND SAY WELL,
WE CAN'T DESIGN SOMETHING.
WHAT'S LEFT?
THE ANSWER IS YOU'RE STUDENT THIS GOES
IN TERMS OF SINGLE INTERFACE, YOU'RE
THINKING OF THINGS THAT'S WHAT ONE THING
ALL THESE DIFFERENT PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE
TO USE AND THERE IS NOT.
BUT IT IS VERY EASY TO MAKE THING WHICH
IS ARE FLEXIBLE ENOUGH TO ALLOW YOU TO
ACCESS THEM.
I'M GOING TO DO A DEMONSTRATION OF ONE
SYSTEM USING A TOUCH SCREEN KIOSK.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO REALIZE THAT THE SAME
TECHNOLOGIES NEED TO APPLY TO TOUCH
SCREEN P DA'S, LITTLE BITTY CELLULAR
PHONES ABOUT THE {SYZ} OF A HALF PACK OF
CIGARETTES LIKE THAT.
THIS IS DIGITAL CAMERAS OF THE FUTURE
WHICH IS REALLY CUTE EXCEPT THEY START
HAVING TO HIDE WHERE THEY {RO} GOING IF
PUT THE CONTROLS AND THINGS ON THEM
BECAUSE THERE IS NO ROOM TO PUT THE
CONTROLS.
THE CONTROL PANEL STARTS LOOKING LIKE A
SPACESHIP AGAIN AND HOW ARE PEOPLE WITH
DIFFERENT DISABILITIES GOING TO BE ABLE
TO ACCESS AND USE HEM.
WE'RE ACTUALLY HEALEDING TOWARD THE DAY
WHERE THIS IS WHAT WE WILL BE CARRY WITH
US AND WERE THIS IS ABOUT OH, FOUR BY 7
INCHS AND I CAN OPEN IT UP AND IT IS
TWICE THAT SIZE.
AND ON HERE, I WILL HAVE A DISPLACE, --
DIS BLAZE AND IT HAS A TOUCH SCREEN ON
IT, THE BOTTOM CAN BE A DISPLAY OF A
KEYBOARD.
>> HOW SOMEBODY BLIND GOING TO ACCESS
THAT?
>> BUT WITH IT, THIS IS WHAT THEY CALL A
THIN CLIENT, IT IS ABOUT A 16TH OF AN
{NFERJTS} BUT THEY {RL} ALREADY WORKING
ON THESE, WITH THIS,LY BE ABLE TO LOOK
ATLY DOCUMENTATION IN WORLD, ANY VIDEO
IN THE WORLD, WIRELESSLY CONNECT ING.
SO WHEREVER I A, I HAVE ACCESS TO HAUL
MY INFORMATION AT HOME.
INSTEAD OF LOOKING TO THIS PRESENTATION,
I CALL UP THE GOOK AND I CAN READ THE
BOOK SITTING IN THE BACK OF ROOM OR ON
THE PODIUM.
YOU THINK I'M TAKING NOTES BUT I'M
READING NOVELS HOW WILL THEY BE ASKS
{SES} BELIEVE WHEN THEY DON'T HAVE
KEYBOARDS.
SO WE NEED TO BE LOOKING AT THAT.
WE WILL NOT HAVE THE SAME BY BILL TEE TO
OPEN THESE UP AND START STICKING
ADDITIONAL PIECE OF HARDWARE INSIDE.
TO WHEN WE TALK UNTHE FEW MR. AND
TALKING PUBLIC SYSTEM AND TALKING WHAT I
WOULD CALL INFORMATION APPLIANCES, AND
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THESE THINGS,
REMEMBER, THEY WERE TRYING TO GET THEM
DOWN BETWEEN 10 AND A THOUSAND DOLLARS,
WELL, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT TEN AND A
THOUSAND DOLLARS, JUST THE SOFTWARE WILL
COST 3 TIMES THE AMOUNT OF PRODUCT AND
YOU CAN'T INSTALL THINGS IN HERE
ANYWHERE.
SO AGAIN, WE NEED TO LOOK AT BUILT IN
ACCESS.
THIS THING, I WAS STILL HOLDING ON TO
THE SAME CARD I HAD DISCUSSED EARLIER.
WHEN I WAS TALKING ABOUT THIS THING, IT
WAS STILL THE SIMULATION-{DHRB}S A PIECE
OF CARDBOARD BY THE WAY OF THE THIN
CLIENT NOR THE FUTURE.
OKAY.
NOW, THIS IS A TOUCH SCREEN KIOSK WHICH
I HAVE HERE AND YOU CAN SEE THE IMAGE OF
IT.
THOSE WHO CAN SEE THE SCREEN UP ABOVE.
AND ON THE SCREEN, IS A 8 BUTTONS
LABELED, MAP AND DIRECTORYS, PERSONAL
INFORMATION, ANY QUESTIONS ET CETERA.
THIS IS A TOUCH SCREEN KIOSK WHICH IS ON
CAMPUSES ACROSS THE {KOUN} COUNTRY NOW.
IF I TOUCH THE PERSON THAT WILL
INFORMATION, IT THROWS UP THE SCREEN AND
ON THE SCREEN IS A KEY PAD AND SOME
BUTTON, AND IT ASKS ME TO ENTER MY
STUDENT NUMBER.
SO I TYPE IN MOOT STUDENT NUMBER.
IT ASKS ME FOR MY PIN NUMBER AND I ENTER
IT AND NOW, IT THROWS UP ANOTHER SCREEN
PULL OF BUTTON, UNOFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT,
FALL SCHEDULE, REGISTRATION {FRX} I HIT
ENTRANCE SCRIPT, I CAN SEE IS ENTRANCE
SCRIPT ROOF ALL OF GRADES.
I CAN {PRS} THE PREVIOUS MENU, IF I ASK
FOR A DEGREE ASUDIT, LET TELL ME
EVERYTHING I HAVE TAKEN, EVERYTHING I
HAVE NOT TAKE AND ENWHAT I NEED TO TAKE
IN ORDER TO GRADUATE.
I CAN REGISTER FOR A COURSE BY PRESSS
REGISTRATION, GIVES ME A BUNCH OF AREAS,
ART, BIOLOGY, GIVES ME ALL THE COURSES
IN BUY OLD GUY AND LET'S ALL THE
SECTION, I JUST REGISTER FOR A COURSE.
ANYBODY FROM THE NORTHERN COUNTRIES WHO
REMEMBER SANDING FOR VERY LONG LINES IN
THE COLD TRYING TO REGISTER FOR CLASSS,
IT IS JEALOUS WHEN THEY SEE THIS.
THE QUESTION IS, HOW ARE PEOPLE WITH
DIFFERENT TYPES OF DISABILITY GOING TO
BE ABLE TO ACCESS AND USE THIS?
WOMEN, ONE OF THE THINGS ON HERE VERY
JUST BELOW THE SCREEN, HAS {GLEERN}
DIAMOND SHAPED BUT PHONE AND BY JUST
HOLDING -- HAS GREEN DIAMOND BUTTON.
DIDN'T YOU HOLD THE BUTTON DOWN AND JUST
TOUCH ANY ITEMS ON THE SCREEN...
>> (COMPUTER TALKING) PERSONAL
INFORMATION.
>> NOW, I COME TO THE NEXT SCREEN, AND I
CAN SEE THE KEY PAD, NO PROBLEM, AND
ENTER THE NUMBER BUT CAN'T READ THE
BUTTONS.
THE LETTERING IS TOO SMALL NOR MY
VISION.
AGAIN, I CAN PRESS THE BUT NON AND
PROCEED.
ON THIS SCREEN, I CAN ALSO SIMULATE BY
TOWN AGO SECRET PLACE ON THE SCREEN.
WHAT I HAVE DONE IS 20 TAKE ALL THE
LETTERS ON THE SCREEN AND CHANGE THEM
INTO A DIFFERENT CHARACTER.
SO NOW, ALTHOUGH THOSE IN THE ROOM WHO
HAVE % PERFECT VISION CAN SEE.
IT IS STILL ENGLISH SPELLING BY THE WAY,
YOU JUST CAN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.
SO THIS IS WHAT IS A SCREEN LOOKS LIKE
TO SOMEBODY WHO CAN'T READ WHERE THE
DON'T IS TOO SIGNAL FOR THEM TO SEE.
IT LOOKS LIKE THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO USE
IT BUT THEY CAN'T.
AND AGAIN, BY USING -- (COMPUTER
TALKING.
>> BY TOUCHING THE ITEM, IT WILL HEED
THEM TO THEM.
A PERSON WHO IS ILLITERATE COULD COME IN
AND FIND WHAT THEY WERE LOOKING FOR.
FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH LOW VISION, AND YOU
CAN USE THIS ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE
POINT WHERE YOU START NOT BEING ABLE TO
TELL WHERE THE OBJECTS ARE ON SCREEN AND
PROCEED IN TO PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND, THEN
YOU START HAVING A PROBLEM TRYING TO
FIND THINGS SCATTERED AROUND, THEY ARE
EVEN VERY RANDOMLY AND {TERD} AROUND,
FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE LOOK AT THIS ONE
WHICHING LOOKS THE FOR QUESTIONS, AND I
GO OFF, WHAT IT SHOWS YOU IS A SCREEN
WITH A {BIFERJTSES} OF PEOPLE STANDING
AROUND WITH A BUBBLES COMING OUT THEIR
MOUTH.
EACH ONE HAS A QUESTION AND YOU PUSH THE
YET AND IT THEN GIVES YOU THE CHANCE.
AGAIN, THEY COULD CAUSE GREAT PROBLEM
{FS} YOU'RE TRYING TO DO ACCESS.
THE MODE CALLED SPEED LIST ALLOWS YOU TO
PULL UP A LIST THAT WILL GIVE YOU A
LISTING OF EVERYTHING ON THE SCREEN IN A
LIST DOWN THE LEFT EDGE OF IS SCREEN.
SO NOW, AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS BLIND CAN
ACCESS THIS ENTIRE KEY OBJECTION WITHOUT
EVER TAKING THEIR HAND OFF THE LEFT EDGE
OF THE SCREEN AND WITHOUT WORRYING ABOUT
HOW IT IS LAID SORT.
SOLY GO TO THE DIRECT TORE SCREEN
WITHOUT LOOKING AT IT AND SEARCH FOR TO
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT.
SO I HIT THE BUTTON WHEN I {FIMDZ}
DIRECTORY.
OKAY, SO NOW, AGAIN, A SPEED LIST
APPEARS, I RUN BY FINANCING ARE DOWN
THAT LIST.
THAT'S {WHAMENT} I WANT, SO FOR THOSE
WHO CAN SEE, WHAT YOU WOULD SEE IS
{LTSES} A KEYBOARD FILLING THE SCREEN
AND YOU'RE SUPPOSE TODAY TYPE THE
BEGINNING LETTERS OF WHATEVER DEPARTMENT
YOU WANT.
BUT I CAN'T SEE IT SO I USE THE SPEED
LIST AND I FIND...  I'M RUNNING MY I GO
FINGER DOWN.
SO IF I WANT TO ENGLISH DEPARTMENT, {6}
-- (COMPUTER TALKING (.
>> THEN, THAT'S ENOUGH...  SO I CAN BACK
SPACE, SEE WHAT I TYPED, I HIT SEARCH,
IT GIVES ME A LISTING OF THE DEPARTMENTS
I SEARCHED FOR. ...  SO IT AABLE TO USE
THE THING COMPLETELY WITHOUT BEING ABLE
TO SEE IT.
NOW, FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO MORE SEVERE
DISABILITY AND UNABLE TO ACTUALLY EVEN
REACH OR TOUCH THE KIOSK, THEN, AND OR
FOREPEOPLE WHO ARE DEAF, BLIND, THERE IS
ALSO A VERY EASY WAY TO ALLOW ACCESS TO
THE SYSTEM.
THE -- WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT NOW AND
HAVE SET UP IS A TECHNIQUE WHERE YOU CAN
USE OTHER INFRA RED LINK.
I'M GOING TO DISCONNECTS THE KIOSK FOR A
SECOND AND CONNECT THE DISPLAY HERE UP
TO LAP TOP AND USING JUST AN INFRA RED
LINK TO THE-I'M ABLE TO ACCESS AND USE
THE SAME KIOSK THAT YOU DID THERE.
FOR EXAMPLE, IF I WERE DEAF, {BLINLD}, I
MIGHT BE USING SOMETHING LIKE THIS WHICH
IS A BRAILLE LIGHT WHICH IS ABOUT A 6 BY
9, {SNRJTSES} AND A HALF THICK DEVICE,
IT HAS A DYNAMIC BRAILLE DISPLAY SO A
PERSON GUEST AND BLIND CAN USE THE
BRAILLE KEY {ZBOORD} AND READ
INFORMATION ON THE BRAILLE DISPLAY.
THEY IS BEING DESIGNED TO INCLUDE AN
INFRA READ PORT, FOR WORKING WITH A
MANUFACTURER AND THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO
WALK UP WITH ANYTHING QUINN I HAD WITH A
INFRA RED LINK AND DO THE SAME THING
THAT I'M DOING ON THE LAPTOP.
YOU CAN SCROLL THE DISPLAY UP ABOVE.
AGAIN, IF I MOVE DOWN HERE TO THE MAIN
MENU, I CAN CALL UP AS YOU CAN SEE, A
LISTING OF THE ITEMS ON THE SCREEN AND
WHAT'S APPEARING AT THE BOTTOM OF THE
SCREEN IS A WHAT A PERSON WOULD SEE ON
THE BRAILLE DISPLAY.
SO THEY CAN STEP THROUGH THESE ITEMS
UNTIL THEY FOUND FOR EXAMPLE, ANY
QUESTIONS.
IT SAYS ONE MOMENT.  THOSE OF YOU WHO
CAN TO THE KIOSK WILL TO AS I'M DOING
THIS, I'M NOT TOUCHING THE COULD {OK} AT
ALL AND YET, I HAVE COMPLETE ABILITY TO
GO THROUGH AND TO OPERATE IT.
SO HERE I AM IN THE MENU CHOICE LOOKING
AT THE IN-TOUCH COUNSELOR AND I CAN GO
SLOW AND BEGIN A COUNSELING {SKPTION}
THIS WILL ACTUALLY HELP ME TO DETERMINE
HOW MANY COURTS I SHOULD TAKE, HOW MANY
CREDITS I SHOULD TAKE.
OKAY.
SO, AS I HAVE GONE THROUGH IT SAYS
DESCRIPTION OF SCREEN, ARE YOU CURE
{RJTSES}LY, A STUDENT, YES, I COMPLETED
TWO OR MORE {QAERMENT}, YES BUT I ONLY
HAVE ONE OR TWO CARE QUARTS, ET CETERA.
SO WHAT I'M SEEING HERE IS THE SAME
INFORMATION PRESENTED ON THE SCREEN BUT
ENTIRELY IN VERBAL FORM SO IT COULD BE
PRESENTED IN BRAILLE ORAL SPEECH OR ANY
FORM THAT I WANTED.
AND YET, THE IT IS NOT CONNECT TODAY THE
KIOSK IN ANY FASHION.
SO, WHAT WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT IS A KIOSK
USED BY INDIVIDUAL WITH LOW VISION OR NO
VISION, WE TALKED ABOUT SOME LICK THAT
CAN BE USED BY PEOPLE WHO DO NOT HAVE
GOOD ABILITY TO TOUCH.
ONE OF THE TECHNIQUES ALSO THAT WE CAN
SHOW IS FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH PHYSICAL
DISABILITIES.
THE ABILITY TO USE IT IN THE CONFIRMED
MODE.
I'M GOING BACK TO THE START UP MENU HERE
FOR A SECOND.
AND THE -- I'M SORRY.
AND AS WITH MY INDIVIDUAL WITH A
PHYSICAL DISBILL BILL TEE TRIED TO USE
IT, IF -- FOR EXAMPLE, IF I WAS TRYING
TO -- OH, THE VIDEO CAME OFF, I'M GOING
TO THE MAP AND DIRECTS TORES PAGE AGAIN.
NOW, THIS TYPICALLY FOR SOMEONE WITH A
PHYSICAL DISABILITY IS A MIND FIELD.
THE INDIVIDUAL WILL TRY TO SPELL THEIR
NAME AND BUT WITH THE CONFIRM MODE, IT'S
NOT THE SAME PROBLEM YOU WOULD THINK.
FOR EXAMPLE, IF I WERE TO TRY TO SPELL
MY NAME AND OKAY, AS SOON AS I GET THE
G, THEN I GO DOWN GO HIT THE BUTTON,
THEN IT PRINTS THE G.
NOW, I GO OUT TO THE R, OKAY, WHEN I GET
THE R, I {TIK} THE R.
SO EVEN THOUGH -- TYPE THE R.
SO AS THE PERSON IS TRYING TO GET IT,
THEY CAN MOVE FORWARD AND THE SOFT
CORRECTING NATURE, THE CONFIRMING NATURE
OF IT, IT WOULD I GO MORE THE WRONG
CHARACTER AND ONLY SPELLS OUT THE
CHARACTERS AS THEY ARE ABLE TO
{STUJTSES} FULLY HIT {THIMENT} THEM.
THERE IS ALSO A {SQAN}ING MODE WHICH
ALLOWS THEM TO BE USED BY JUST THE BUT
NONAND ALSO, YOU CAN USE THE INFRA RED.
SO IF YOU WERE CHRISTOPHER RIFF OR
SOMEONE ELSE, AND COULD NOT REACH UP,
YOU SHOULD USE A SIP AND PUFF
CAPABILITY.
FINALLY, LAYING OFF PLAYING OFF THE
PRESENTATION BY DAVE AND LARRY, WE NEED
TO BE LOOKING AT HOW WE ARE GOING TO BE
PROVIDING ACCESS TO THE MUD TEE MEDIA
INFORMATION.
-- MULE THREE MEDIA INFORMATION AND IF I
CAN JUST HOOK THIS UP HERE.
WE CAN LOOK AT INDIVIDUAL WHY CLIPS.
WE ARE FINDING {SLOR} AND MORE OF THE --
MORE AND MORE OF THE --.
>> AGAIN, WITH THESE ALL THE PERSON
WOULD HAVE TO DID IS JUST MAKE A GESTURE
BY RUNNING THEIR HAND DOWN THE LEFT EDGE
OF THE SCREEN AND WOULD KICK ON THE
MODE.
S SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT
EARLIER AND NOW YOU'RE SEEING THE SAME
VIDEO.
SO BASICALLY, WHAT WE'RE SHOWING THE
ABILITY TO THROW UP CAPTIONING.
SIMILARLY, IF YOU HAVE THE SPEED LIST
MODE ON, YOU WOULD GET IT WITH
DESCRIPTION.
BECAUSE IT WOULD NOTICED THAT IN FACT,
YOU'RE USING IT IN A NON{VUS}AL NATION
EXAMPLE WOULD AUTOMATICALLY PROVIDE YOU
A DESCRIPTION OF ALL OF THE VIDEO THAT
IS GOING ON BOARD.
SO IT ALSO HANDLED PEOPLE WHO HAVE HARD
OF HEARING AND WHO WERE DEAF AND ALSO,
DEAF, BLIND AND PEOPLE WHO COULD NOT
TOUCH IT AND PEOPLE WHO COULD NOT READ.
SO THAT KIND OF FLEXIBILITY CAN BE BUILT
IN AND THE $64,000 QUESTION AT THIS
POINT IS DOES THIS COST $64,000 TO DO?
THE ANSWER IS THAT USING A STANDARD
MULTI MEDIA KIOSK WHICH ALREADY HAS THE
SOUND CAPABILITIES IN IT BECAUSE THEY
ARE PLAYING THE AUDIO, YOU CAN NOW GET
VOICE SYNTHESIZER SOFTWARE FOR AS LITTLE
AS $13 AND THE SWITCH THAT WE TALKED
ABOUT, THAT REPLATESS IN FUNCTION IF YOU
WILL, THE RIGHT MOUSE BUTTON SO JUST
CONNECTIONS RIGHT TO THE MOUSE WORK AND
YOU HAVE TO BUY A BUT {TON} TO ADD TO
YOUR KIOSK.
THAT'S IT.
THE REST IS JUST CONSIDERATE
PROGRAMMING.
ONCE YOU'RE BUILT IT INTO YOUR {SYFT}
WARE AND INTO YOUR TOOLS, THEN, WHEN YOU
CREATE ADDITIONAL KIOSK, THEY COME WITH
IT.
EVEN THE INFRA RED LINK.
YOU CAN'T BUY A LAPTOP ANY MORE OR EVEN
THIS CHASE LITTLE P DA THAT DON'T
ALREADY COME WITH THE INFRA RED ALREADY
BUILT INTO THEM.
SO ALL THE TOOLS, HARDWARE USE TODAY
COST A THOUSAND DOLLARS NO. YOU THEY
COME FREE AND BUILT INTO THE MACINTOSH
OPERATING SYSTEM AND I DON'T THINK WE
WILL BE AROUND VERY LONG BEFORE YOU WILL
FIND IT BUILT INTO ALL THE OTHER
OPERATING SYSTEMS AS {WM}.
WHEN WE GO FORWARD, WHAT WE NEED TO BE
DOING IS LOOKING.
THIS IS JUST ONE TECHNOLOGY.
WE HAVE THE LITTLE TECHNOLOGY, THE
CARDBOARD THIN CLIENT WE TALKED ABOUT
BEFORE.
ALL OF THESE THINGS LIKE LIKE THEY ARE
VERY, VERY HARD BUT WHAT WE'RE FINDING
IS THE ANSWERS IS JUST A LACK OF IDEAS
AND {TREN} COMING UP WITH NEW IDEAS AND
THE DIRECTION TECHNOLOGIES ARE GOING,
THEY {RO} GIVING US THE TOOLS THEY WANT
TO.
DOING WHAT THIS KIOSK DID FOUR YEARS
AGO, THREE YEARS A AGO WHO HAVE
{KOFERMENT} A THOUSAND DOLLARS,
SYNTHESIZER, ALL OF THAT STUFF IS
AVAILABLE TODAY.
I WOULD LIKE TO END BY THINKING ABOUT
SOMETHING WHICH IS A PARA PHRASE OF A
FRIEND -- SOMEONE THAT I LOOK TO, ALBERT
INN SIGN WHO ONCE SAID, EVERYTHING
SHOULD BE MADE HAS SIMPLE AS POSSIBLE
BUT NO SIMILAR.
AND I THINK THAT WHEN -- SIMPLER.
WHEN WE MOVE FORWARD AND TO THINK ABOUT
A CON {STHEMENT} THAT GOES SOMETHING
LIKE EVERYTHING SHOULD BE MADE AS
ACCESSIBLE AS COMMERCIALLY POSSIBLE AND
THE NICE THING IS THAT WHAT IS
COMMERCIALLY POSSIBLE IS CHANGING {VA},
VERY, RAPIDLY AND WITH NEW IDEAS AND THE
IN ROW {VOFL}ING TECHNOLOGY, IT IS NOW
COMMERCIALLY POSSIBLE AND PRACTICAL TO
MAKE THINGS WHICH ARE VERY, VERY COST
DISABILITY ACCESSIBLE.
AS WE SAW HERE, IT IS NOT JUST PEOPLE
WHO HAVE WHAT WE CALL CLASSIC
DISABILITIES, BUT PEOPLE WHO HAVE LEFT
THEIR GLASSES IN THE OTHER ROOM.
I WILL NOT TELL {TU} NUMBER OF TIMES I
HAD TRIED TO USE THIS PHONE BUT DIDN'T
HAVE FLY GLASSES ON OR HOW MANY PEOPLE
HAVE CASHED CARS UP, TRYING TO USE THEIR
SOFTWARE WHILE DRIVING AND WOULD IT BE
ISER IF YOU COULD OPERATE YOUR CELL
PHONE WITHOUT TRYING TO LOOK AT IT.
IT IS NOT JUST DISABILITIES BUT AS
GEORGE POINTED OUT, ALMOST ALWAYS, THE
THINGS WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THAT MAKES
IT MORE PLEX I BELIEVE, END UP MAKING IT
A WHOLE LOT MORE PLEX I BELIEVE AND USE
{E} USABLE FOR US AND WE KEEP USING "US"
TO MOON ALL THE PEOPLE WITH VARYING
LEVELS OF DISABILITY AS WE ARE IN
INCLUDING THOSE WHO ARE ACQUIRING THEM
RAPIDLY AS WE ARE AGING.
>> ONE THING THAT POINTED OUT TO AS
VISUALLY IMPAIRED,/LEGALLY BLIND PERSON
IS THAT ALL THREE OF OUR SPEAKERS BARE
STRIKING RESEMBLANCE TO FIDEL CASTRO.
THE PEOPLE SHOULD VOTE ON CONTEST
{TANTS}, 1, 2 OR 3 AS TO WHO LOOKS THE
MOMENT.
BLIND AS I AM, I THINK MICROSOFT MIGHT
HAVE IT DOWN.
WE CAN TELL HE STILL HAS NOT REMEMBERED
THAT IT HAS PASSED 1969 AND GONE {TON}
TO LATER YEARS BUT ANY WAY, ONE THING,
IMPORTANT.
>> FOR SOMEBODY BLIND, YOU'RE STILL IN
THE RUNNING.
I DIDN'T SHAVE TODAY.
>> ONE THING, I LIVED IN WASHINGTON FOR
20 YEARS FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO HAVE NOT
BEEN IN WASHINGTON, CATCH THE SHUTTLE
INTO UNION STATION IF YOU WANT TO EAT
TONIGHT AND YOU CAN FIND EVERY PRICE
{RAFERJTS} FROM THE RICE BOWL WHICH IS
THE CHEAP {WHEEP}IST FOOD TO THIS
FLAMERS WHO IS THE BEST CHEESE BURGERS
FROM FANCY ITALIAN RESTAURANTS ON UP.
SO TAKE THE SHUT THAT WILL INTO UNION
STATION BUT DON'T WALK OUTSIDE UNION
STATION, WE WOULD LIKE YOU TO MAKE IT
BACK HERE TODAY TOMORROW.
IF YOU HAVE NOT PICKED OUT, YOU'RE NOT
IN THE NICEST NEIGHBORHOOD IN
WASHINGTON.
BETSY HAS INFORMED ME THEY WILL TURN THE
LIGHTS OUT AT 3:30 {GREK}, WOULD YOU
LIKE QUESTION COMING DOWN HERE.
>> I WANT TO COMMEND ALL THE RESEARCH
AND DEVELOPMENT PEOPLE ON THE THE PANEL
DID TELL THAW WE'RE BOTH IMPRESSED AND
GRATEFUL WITH YOUR EFFORT BUT LEFT ANY
OF THE REST OF REST ON OUR MORAL, I
WOULD LIKE TO GIVE YOU THE REPORT FROM
THE FRENCHS OKAY, WHILE YOU'RE BUSY
MAKING ACCESSIBLE KEY SOCK AND
ACCESSIBLE MULTI MEDIA AND VIDEO, AND
FILMS, THOSE OF US WHO ARE NOT IN THE R
N D ENVIRONMENT. ARE GOING TO MEETINGS
AND HEARING PRESENTATION BY MICROSOFT
DISTRIBUTES THAT TALKING WESTBOUND
OPERATING TOOL AND NEVER TALKING
ACCESSIBLE WEB SITES, THOSE OF US IN
STATE GOVERNMENT ARE DEALING WITH
PROCUREMENT OFFICERS THAT HAVE NEVER
HEARD OF SECTION 508.
THEY DO NOT UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE THE
POWER OF THE MARKETPLACE ALREADY LEGAL
LIE AT HOUR COMMAND IF WE ONLY CHOSE TO
USE IT.
IN OTHER WORDS, ALL THESE KIOSKS, THAT
ARE BEING SOLD TO STATES, NEED TO BE
MADE ACCESSIBLE, THE LAWS ARE ON THE
BOOKS BUT {SOBL} HAS TO GET OUT THERE
AND LET THE PROCUREMENT FOLKS NOBODY
KNOW ABOUT THAT.
WITH REGARD TO VIDEO AND FILM,LY NOT
DESERT YOU AT W B G H {URX} WE NEED TO
DEAL WITH COMMERCIAL DISDISTRIBUTOR OUTS
FLOOR FILM AND PLACES LIKE BLOCKBUSTERS
BLOCK BUSTERS HAVE A {P} EXPERIMENTAL
PROGRAM WHERE THEY ARE GIVING OUT TAPES
I DON'T THINK IF THEY DONE THE SAME FOR
AUDIO DESCRIPTION.
TO MY POINT IS IT IS A {DRAERT} WORLD
{UX} BUT THOSE OF US WERE STILL LIVING
IN THE REAL WORLD ARE VERY IMPATIENT.
SO THANK YOU HELP US AND EVERY ONE
CONTINUE THE EFFORT, BUT THERE IS STILL
A LOST OF WORK TO BE DONE.
I'M MARY BRADY WITH THE MARYLAND
TECHNOLOGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
I USE TODAY WORK WITH GREGG.
>> THE THING IS, IT IS DECREASE DECREASE
WE CAN ALSO CLAIM THERE IS DUMB PEOPLE
IN GOVERNMENT, DON'T UNDERSTAND 508 AND
SO {TORLT}, A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, THE
WALL STREET JOURNAL READ A BIG EDITORAL
SAYING MY GOD, THE FINAL PARTS OF ADA
ARE IN PLACE NOW, DO YOU KNOW THAT MEANS
THAT HUNDRED OF MILLIONS OVER DOLLARS
WILL BE {NONLTSES} TO MAKE SCHOOLS
ACCESSIBLE.
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL HAD EVER HEARD
OF 504.
IF {WHEKT} GET TO WALL STREET JOURNAL,
HOW ARE WE GETTING ANY PLACE ELSE.
DID NOT KNOW OF THE CONSIST O THEY
THOUGHT A D {HAFMENT} WAS THE FIRST ARE
THING THAT AFFECTED SCHOOLS IF WE CAN'T
GET TO THE WALL STREET JOURNAL SIGNAL
AND THOSE ARE NOT THE DUMB I PEOPLE IN
JOURNALISM.
I CAN GIVE YOU A LONG LIST BEFORE WE GET
TO THAT THE "NEW YORK TIMES" WROTE A
{YOT} SAIL THOSE DISABLED PEOPLE ARE
{GIP} TOGETHER REALIZE THEIR SO-CALLED
RIGHTS ARE A BEGINNING FOR DISTORTION
AND THEY LOT THAT STAND A YEAR AGO
APRIL.
AND SO CONSEQUENTLY, THE MEDIA IS ONE OF
OUR BIG PROBLEMS DON'T GET THREE STARTED
THON THAT ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.
>> JUDY BREWER, WERE MASSACHUSETTS.
LET ME GET THE MIKE A LITTLE BIT.
I WANT TO FOLLOW-UP ON WHAT MARY WAS
SAYING BUT TAKE A LITTLE BITS OF A
DIFFERENT {TAFKT}.
I THINK THERE IS A REAL NICE PARTNERSHIP
EMERGING BETWEEN FOLKS DOING
RE{STEEJTSES} AND POLICY AND ADVOCACY.
WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO BUILD THAT,
PARTICULARLY A LOT OF THE MATERIALS THAT
HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED BY SOME PEOPLE DOING
THE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, I THINK
THAT ARE POST OWED AND USED BY A LOT OF
US AT THE TRACE WEB SITE ARE PERFECT FOR
GOING AND DOING THE ADVOCACY AT THE
{SHAT} LEVEL AND ALSO AT THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT LEVEL.
AND I BEEN DOING A LOT IN MASSACHUSETTS
ON SOME OF THESE ISSUE,, THE KIOSK
STUFF, THE LONG MEETINGS YESTERDAY
TRYING TO GET WEB STANDARDS FOR STATE
AGENCIES WEB SITES.
AND WHAT WE'RE DOING IS TAKING 504, ADA,
SECTION 508, MENTIONING WHAT IS COMING
DOWN THE PIPE WITH THE
TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT IN TERMS OF WHAT
THAT WILL MEAN NOR STANDARD SETING AND
THEN TAKING THE MATERIALS THAT HAVE BEEN
PUT OUT ON VARIOUS SITES AND PUTTING
THOSE IN HANDS OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE TO
ADDRESS IT.
WHAT I'M HOPING TO SEE MORE OF IN THE
NEXT SEVERAL YEARS MANY MORE PEOPLE FROM
INDUSTRY PAYING ATTENTION TO THESE
ISSUES EARLY ON, DESIGN PROCESS, AND
THIS CONFERENCE IS A PER FACT
OPPORTUNITY TO GET THAT GOING BUT I
{WIRBL} WE HAD TEN TIMES THE AMOUNT OF
INDUSTRY REPRESENT TAX AS WE DO HERE.
I THANK EVERYBODY WHO HAS SHOWED UP HERE
AND PARTICIPATING BUT TO ME, THAT'S THE
PART THAT REALLY NEEDS TO BE EXPANDED.
BUT, AT THIS POINT, I WOULD REALLY JUST
CONGRATULATE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE
BEEN DOING A SOME OF THE GOOD
RE{SHEEJTSES} AND SAY THIS WE NEED TO
CONTINUE TO USE THE GOOD PARTNERSHIP
BETWEEN THOSE FOLKS AND THE POLL THREE
AND ADVOCACY FOLKS.
>>ING {JOEING}, TWO QUICK COMMENTS ONE
OF THEM IS I THINK IT IS REALLY
SIGNIFICANT THAT THERE ARE MORE PEOPLE
FROM INDUCE TRUE ON THE PANELS TODAY AND
TOMORROW THAN THERE ARE PEOPLE FROM THE
DISABILITY COMMUNITY.
TALKING ABOUT THESE ISSUE ARE AND
ACCESSIBILITY.
THAT IS ONLY AS WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO --
AS EVERYBODY, NOT JUST R N-THE POLICY
PEOPLE, CONSUMER GROUP, EVERYBODY WHO
HAS MADE THIS HAPPEN TO BUILD A
PARTNERSHIP WITH INDUSTRY AND MOVE,
FORWARD THAT WE WILL BE TABLE TO MOVE
FORWARD.
THE SECOND CHILDREN IS DON'T EVER LOOK
TO OTHERS TO BE THE ONE TOSS SOLVE IF
PROBLEMS AS MARY SAID, THIS IS A
PARTNERSHIP AND AS JUDY HAS EMPHASIZED,
THE PROGRESS WE HAS BEEN WHEN THE
PARTNERSHIPS -- IF YOUR INDUSTRY IS GOOD
EVENING GETTING INVOLVED, IT IS
EVERYBODY PULLING TOGETHER THAT'S MAKING
THE THESE THINGS HAPPEN.
>> ONE THING TOO, EARLIER, I SAID SOME
OVER US HAVE BEEN NIGHTING THESE BATTLES
FOR 20 YEARS, FOR THE FIRST FIFTEEN
YEAR, THE ONLY PEOPLE INDUSTRY WOULD
SEND IS THEIR E E O PEOPLE, THEY NEVER
SAW THEIR CEO EXCEPT HIS PEOPLE, NO
POWER, EXPECTED TO KEEP THEIR MOUTH
{SHVT} AND CLEAN UP THE MESSES CREATED
THAT'S THE PEOPLE FOR THE FIRST FIFTEEN
YEAR, FOR THE LAST FIVE YEAR YEARS {UX}
WE BEEN GETTING DEAN SIGNERS AND R N D
PEOPLE, WHICH ARE THE ONES WE NEED.
ONE HEIGHT, WE NEED ONLY ONE PERSON FROM
THE INDUSTRY, THAT DID THE C E
{STHOFMENT} BECAUSE I KNOW TOO MANY
DESIGNERS,E THEY NEVER LISTEN TO US.
WE GOT DO GO TO TOP AND START DOWN.
IF SOMEBODY LIKE BILL GATES GOT
INTERESTED IN DISABILITY, WE WOULD NOT
HAVE {FI} PROBLEM WITH CONVINCING IS
REST TOP WORLD THAT THERE WAS A BUCK
THERE SO EVERYBODY SHOULD FOLLOW.
SO CONSEQUENTLY, AT LEAST NOW, WE'RE
GETTING NAME WHO WILL HAVE AN IMPACT, IN
1919, I THENED PUT TOGETHER ONE OF THE
FIRST NATIONAL CONFERENCES DEALING DAILY
LIVING IN UNIVERSAL DESIGN, I GOT CALL
FROM PEOPLE IN HUMAN RESOURCES AND MAJOR
CORPORATIONS SAYING THEY DON'T
UNDERSTAND WHY THEY HAD NOT BEEN IN VIED
EVIDENCE.
>> YOU HAVE NO POWER, NO {HA} BILL TEE
TO AFFECT ANYTHING EXCEPT TO CLEAN UP A
MESS THAT YOUR BOSSES MAKE.
SEND MY YOUR ENGINEER AND DESIGN ARE OR
DON'T {SHENDZ} ME ANYTHING FROM YOUR
DAMN COMPANYS AND YOU KNOW, A LOT OF
THEM DIDN'T COME.
I THINK IT STARTED {TRIND}.
BUT I COME {MRENDZ} THE THREE PEOPLE WE
HAVE HERE TODAY BECAUSE WE NEED PEOPLE
WHO DO DESIGN AND RESEARCH.
WE DO NOT NEED PEOPLE WHO APOLOGIZE.
NEXT QUESTION.
>> YES.
I'M DAVE NELSON AND I'M A DEAF
INDIVIDUAL IS AND IN CASE DID VISUAL
PARTICIPANTS WANT TO KNOW WHY I HAVE A
FEMALE VOICE.
I WORK FOR AMTRAK AND I WANT TO MAKE TWO
COMMENTS BEFORE I ASK OTHER QUESTION.
FIRST, I WANT TO DEFEND D.C..
WHEN YOU GO OUT OF UNION STATION, IT IS
SAFE.
I LIVE NEAR THERE.
AND I'M NOT GOING TO GET MUG MUGGED.
SORRY, BUT I'M VERY DEFENSIVE ABOUT
D.C..
SECONDLY, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE PANEL
OF BUSINESSES, I AGREE BUT ALSO KEEP IN
MIND THE LAW FOR BUSINESSES ARE THERE
TOO.
LAWYERS FROM THE CORPORATION ARE SOME
TIMES THE PROBLEM.
THE {KRP} {RAX} MIGHT WANT TO DO IT,
BUT, THE LAYERS MIGHT BE AFRAID OR
ADVISE AGAINST IT.
TO THE LAWYERS THE FROM THE CORPORATION
ARE SITTING ON THE PANELS TOO OR SHOULD
BE.
NOW, ABOUT THE KIOSKS, RECENTLY, KIOSKS
WERE INSTALLED ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY.
AND I CAN'T REMEMBER WHETHER THERE IS A
VOICE OR AUDIO CONNECTED TO THOSE, I DO
NOT PAY ATTENTION TO THAT PART OF IT ANY
WAY.
FOR THE NEW ONES, I'M WONDERING.
I WONDER IF THERE IS ANYTHING OFF THE
SHELF, ANY SOFTWARE THAT CAN BE A ADDED
TO THOSE DURING {RINLTSES} KIOSK.
>> -- CURRENT KIOSK.
>> YES, CURRENT, AM T M'S ARE TOUGHER
BECAUSE A LOT OF THEM ARE HARD WIRED,
ESPECIALLY THE HOLD ONE AND ENSOME NEWER
ONE, THERE IS POINT {GRES} BEING MADE
BUT KIOSKS CAN BE REPROGRAMED.
WHAT WE REALLY NEED TO DO, WHAT'S REAL
HE HARD THOUGH IS IF YOU WATCH THE
TREMENDOUS NUMBER OF NEW ONES BEING
CHURNED OUT THAT HAVE NO ASK DISEASE
BILL TEE.
I SAW ONE THE OTHER DAY DID--ACCIDENT
{SES} BILL TEE.
IT HELD BRAILLE ON A TOUCH {SKROON}
KIOSK, NO VOICE OUTPUT.
WHAT 0 ON EARTH IT WILL BRAILLE SAID, I
DON'T KNOW.
I THINK IT SAID IT SAID THAT IS TOUCH
SCREEN KIOSK, DON'T EVEN TRY.
IS SO AGAIN, SIT PUTTING PRESSURE, AND
INFORMATION A LOT OF THE PLACES ARE NOW
STARTING TO LOOK TOWARD IT.
MANY OF THEM DIDN'T KNOW AND HAD NO IDEA
OF THE SOLUTIONS.
WE HAVE TIME FOR TWO MORE QUESTIONS BUT
I LIVED IN WASHINGTON FOR 20 YEARS, I
LIFT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO, THREE MONTHS
BEFORE IT LEFT ACTION WOMAN WAS BEATEN
TO DEATH 3 BLOCK FROM UNION STATION, SO
DON'T GIVE ME THAT BULL SH IT.  SO WATCH
YOUR BUTTS IN THIS TOWN FOLKS.
TWO MORE QUESTIONS AND WE ARE OUT OF
HERE.
>> MY NAME IS A BETSY, DIRECTOR OF
SPECIAL PROGRAM {TTS} FOR NATIONAL
FEDERATION OF THE {BLINLDZ}.
I WANT TO MAKE A BRIEF COMMENT.
I REALLY {PRERBL} ATE THIS CONFERENCE.
I THINK IT {SAL} REALLY GOOD START AT
SOME SOLID PARTNERSHIP.
I THINK IN THE DESIGN SEAR AND TO SOME
EXTENT, POLICY AREA, SOME GROWING
PARTNERSHIPS IN BUSINESS COMMUNITY
{SNEE} AND THE DISABILITY ADVOCACY
COMMUNITY.
ONE THING I WANT TO EMPHASIZE TO THE
BUSINESS COMMUNITY THAT IS VERY
IMPORTANT WHEN YOU'RE WORKING ON DESIGN
FACTORS AND A NUMBER OF YOU KNOW THIS
ALREADY, THAT IT'S VERY CRITICAL TO
CONSULT AND WORK WITH ORGANIZED CONSUMER
ORGANIZATIONS.
RATHER THAN SIMPLY INDIVIDUAL PEOPLE WHO
HAPPEN TO HAVE A DISABILITY THAT YOU ARE
WORKING WITH BECAUSE ORGANIZATIONS WHO
HAVE HAD HISTORY OF BEING AN ADVOCACY
GROUP AND WHO HAVE A WIDE SPECTRUM OF
MEMBERSHIP HIP CAN BE OF TREMENDOUS
ASSIST {ZMANS} KEEP CORPORATIONS AND
DESIGNERS OUT OF TROUBLE AS WELL AS
HELPING THEM MOVE IN THE DIRECTION THAT
ARE HELP PULL TO THE MOST PEOPLE.
SO I REALLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO KEEP IN
MIND THE ORGANIZED I HAD CONSUMER
ORGANIZATIONS WITHIN THE DISABILITY
MOVE.
AS A RICH RESOURCES AND ALSO A NUMBER OF
US ARE INVOLVED IN TECHNOLOGY-RELATED
PRO {ZWREKT}S TOO SOMETIMES GOING AT IT
IN SOMEWHAT DIFFERENT WAYS SUCH AS THE N
F B VOICE NEWS LINE.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND IT'S BEEN A
GOOD CONFERENCE.
>>> ONE FINAL QUESTION AND THEN,
REMEMBER AT 5 O'CLOCK, YOU CAN CATCH ALL
THESE FOLKS TO DEMONSTRATE HANDS ON.
>> HI, I'M JIM BERRY AND I THINK THIS
CONFERENCE IS GREAT.
ONE COMPLAINT I HAVE ABOUT ALL
CONFERENCES LIKE THIS IS THAT AFTER THEY
ARE OVER, WHAT HAPPENS AND THE
INFORMATION THAT WE COVER, WHERE DOES IT
GO?
HOW CAN WE DO SOMETHING TO PERPETUATE
THIS AND GET THIS PUBLISHED IN TIMES OR
NEWS WEEK SO THAT ALL THE PEOPLE THAT WE
DON'T REACH ARE ABLE TO LEARN ABOUT THE
STUFF THAT WE KNOW?
I THEY THERE WILL {E} BE SOME A{GRS}
SELF PROGRAM TO GET ALL THIS PUBLISHED
SO THAT ALL THE {WOLD} CAN MAKE A LIFE
BETTER FOR US.
>> {AUZ} THE PROBLEM WITH THE NATIONAL
MEDIA IS WE WANT NATIONAL COVERAGE, MAKE
SECURE THE STONE GO {BLINLD}.
YOU YOU YOU {HAP} YOU SAW WHAT HAPPENED
WHEN CHRISTOPHER READ.
I GOTTEN MUCH MONTH METHODS YAE AS ANY
LIVING HUMAN BEING.
THE PROBLEM IS WHEN WE DO GET NATIONAL
MEDIA, THEY GENERALLY GET IT WRONG.
AND THAT MAKES ITS EVEN WORSE.
AND EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK, YOU CAN TURN
ON THE TELEVISION CAST OR NEWSCAST AND
{P} SIT BOUND DO {TA} WHEELCHAIR.
I TOLD THOUSANDS OF JOURNALISTS BOUND TO
A WHEELCHAIR, YOU BETTER BE TALKING
ABOUT KING KEY SEX BECAUSE IT HAS
NOTHING DO WITH DISBILL TEE, SO
CONSEQUENCE ABOUTLY, LIT BE AS WE GET
CLOSER TO THE MAIN TREATMENT AS WE SEND
MORE OF OUR OWN PEOPLE TO JOURNALISM
SCHOOL, THAT'S WHEN IT WILL CHANGE.
LIKE THE UNBOMBER WERE TO START MAILING
YOU PACKAGES WE WOULD GET GREAT
COVERAGE, BUT I DON'T THINK YOU WANT TO
BE PART OF THAT PROJECT.
THE MEDIA IS HAS ENTIRELY DIFFERENT
ISSUES.
>> ANOTHER AD FOR N C R {IX} OH GOD NCR.
IN THE PAST, OVER THE PAST YEAR, I
TALKED WITH HOUR BUSINESS PARTNER FROM
MICROSOFT, WGBH AND TRACE, AND WE HAVE
BEEN BANTERING AROUND THE POSSIBILITY OF
CONDUCTING MAYBE SOME SATELLITE
BROADCASTS WHICH I KNOW GREGG HAS DONE
FOR FROM N T ID AT ROCHESTER INSTITUTE
OF TECH MOLSON {ZPO} AND WGBH AND FLY
{KRO} SOFT HAS PROBABLY DONE MORE
SATELLITED EDUCATIONAL BROADCASTS THAN
ANY OTHER COMPANY A I'M AWARE OF, MAYBE
THAT IS AN AVENUE WE CAN EXPLORE AND LET
UNIVERSITIES DOWN LINK THE BROADCAST.
>> DECEMBER 5TH, HOWARD UNIVERSITY
CALLED MEDIA INSIDE OUT WHICH DEALT ONE
HOUR MAN {NEL} ON NEWS ON ADVERTISING IN
PUBLIC RELATIONS AND I HAD THE BEST
PEOPLE IN THE INDUSTRY THERE.
AND YOU KNOW THAT MOST UNIVERSITIES SAID
WE'RE NOT INTERESTED.
>> MOMENT OF US HAVE BEEN THERE, AND
HAVE DONE THAT.
WE DAMN IT, WE NEARLY, EVERY TIME WE'RE
TOLD TO DO SOMETHING, WE DONE IT, TRIED
IT, IT IS SHOT LIKE WE BEEN SITTING ON
OUR BUTTS FOR 20 YEARS OR HAVE WE FOLKS.
>>> NO, YOU CAN'T LET FAILURE DICTATE
THE FUTURE.
>> LET THE VICTIM DIE A LITTLE BIT.
DO YOU THINK THAT EVERYBODY OUT THERE
HAS NOT THOUGHT ABOUT A SATELLITE
TELEPHONE CONFERENCE.
DO YOU REALLY THINK YOU'RE THE FIRST?
THINK FOLKS.
I KNOW OF TEN SATELLITE TELL CONFERENCES
DONE OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS.
>> I DON'T CARE IF IT IS TEN OR 50 BUT
THE 41TH WORKS SO BE IT.
>> I AGREE WITH YOU TOTALLY.
IT IS NOT NEW.
LET'S KEEP TRYING DO IT, YES.
BUT IT'S LIKE EVERY CONFERENCE I GO TO
LIKE THIS, THEY REINVENT THE WHEEL AGAIN
AND AGAIN AND AGAIN, AS THOUGH WE
DISABLED FOLKS WERE TOO DAM DUMB TO COME
{WUP} THE IDEA ON OUR OWN.
WE WILL KEEP TRYING DO IT BUT SIT NOT
LIKE WE HAVE NOT DONE IT BEFORE AND IT
IS THE FIRST TIME.
THAT {MAFERP} WHAT I GET {FARD} OF GOING
TO {KOFERNINGTS} AND HEARING HAVE YEAR
SOME KID GETS DISSTABLE AND A PARENTS
STANDS UP AND SAVE THE ENTIRE DISABILITY
MOVEMENT BECAUSE WE WERE TOO IGNORE
{RANLTSES}.
THAT'S USUALLY THE WAY IT GOES.
PEOPLE WILL WALK, DEAF ARE GOING TO HEAR
HEAR, BLIND WILL SEE.
I BEEN HEARING THIS EVERY YEAR FOR 20
YEARS R BUT, WHO KNOW,, 5 0'CLOCK, THEY
LO DO A DEMONSTRATION DOWN AT THE
BALLROOM, BE THERE.
THANK YOU.
>> THE ACCESSIBLE WORLD WESTBOUND SITE
IS ALSO A PLACE WHERE MANY OF US ARE ALL
GATHERING THE INFORMATION FROM THIS
CONFERENCE WILL ALL BE.
SO AFTER THE CONFERENCE, ENDS THIS
INFORMATION WILL BE AVAILABLE SO
INDUSTRIES CAN TALK TO COLLEAGUE {ZS}
SAY, WELL, HERE'S A PLACE WHERE YOU CAN
SEE AND LEARN ABOUT WHAT YOU DIDN'T GET
A CHANCE TO GO AND PARTICIPATE DIRECTLY
IN.
{6}.
>> OKAY, ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR
OUR PANELISTS.
BUT BEFORE YOU GO, WE DO HAVE TIME FOR
OTHER QUICK BREAK BUT I HAVE SOME
ANNOUNCEMENTS TO MAKE, TOMORROW, FOUR
TRACT ARE, THREE OF TO FOUR WILL BE
UPSTAIRS.
I WILL TELL YOU NOW WHERE THEY WILL BE.
WE WILL HAVE SIGN AGE IN THE LOBBY AS
WELL.
TECHNICAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT WILL
BE UPSTAIRS IN 4 A B AND C -- I'M SORRY,
TECHNICAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, 4 A
B C {URX} THAT'S ON THE SECOND FLOOR.
POLICY 6-A, B AND C.
ALSO ON THE SECOND FLOOR.
AND BUSINESS: 5-A AND B, SECOND FLOOR.
AND THE PUBLIC SECTOR WILL BE IN 1-B AND
C WHICH IS ON THE FIRST FLOOR RIGHT TO
THE RIGHT OF THE ELEVATORS DOWN HERE.
SIGN AGE TO DIRECT YOU.
I WANTED EVERY ONE TO KNOW WHERE YOU
WILL BE MEETING TOMORROW BEFORE YOU GO
AND TAKE A BREAK.
COME BACK IN ABOUT TEN MINUTES AND WE
WILL START ON OUR NEXT PANEL.
WE'RE RETURNING RUN AGO LITTLE LATE.
SO TRY TO GET BACK IN TEN.