And so when I called out the category, Eddie found it and could read the answer in Braille. Secondly, at the end, when we asked the final question to determine the championship, we let Eddie type the answer on a typewriter. He was not at an advantage in either situation. But we invite them to apply. I don't have figures to support this statement, but I'm positive that closed- captioning adds to the number of people with hearing disabilities who watch Jeopardy .
More viewers means more revenues to the broadcast industry.
This is just one example of how assistive technology is good business. At tonight's event, I saw many others. A software company called Cakewalk won an award for making it easier for blind people to be musicians. I watched representatives from the advocacy group California for the Blind accept their award for convincing banks to install talking ATMs throughout the state. Bill Sahlberg from JetForm took home an award for developing accessible online forms for blind and visually impaired individuals.