This is Internet On The Air. I'm Joan Silvi. Access to the Internet for the visually impaired. Details in a moment. Internet On The Air is a production of the University of Michigan School of Information and Michigan radio, made possible by a grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation.
Graphics can make a Web site visually appealing.
More and more, graphics are dominating the Web page. For the visually impaired, accessing the Internet has become increasingly difficult with the explosion of graphics-oriented Web pages. Since information is frequently lost in the translation of graphics to speech, assistive technology browsers never seem to capture the full information. But now, there may be help. PW WebSpeak, created by Productivity Works, is designed specifically for the visually impaired.