Cellular Phone Accessibility System (CPAS)

描述(申请人提供)：盲人和视障人士不能完全使用今天的移动电话提供的技术。大多数手机依靠视觉显示来传递或交流信息。由于缺乏集成到蜂窝电话中的文本语音转换程序，盲人和视障人士无法以交互和独立的方式使用这项重要的技术。许多盲人和视障人士无法使用当今大多数移动电话提供的基本甚至高级通信功能。 蜂窝电话无障碍系统(CPAS)将通过设计、开发并将屏幕阅读器(语音输出)软件集成到蜂窝电话来解决这一无障碍问题。开发的目标将是为盲人和视障人士提供一种工具，以访问屏幕上的信息和导航蜂窝电话菜单系统。 这一研究和开发项目由自适应援助技术领域的领先者Automated Functions，Inc.进行。研究团队由高度熟练的专业人员组成，他们是帮助视障人士的系统的设计、开发和测试方面的专家。对于盲人和视障人士来说，将世界上最常用的技术之一纳入主流是很重要的。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Blind and visually impaired people do not have full access to the technology offered by cellular telephones today. Most cell phones rely upon visual displays to relay or communicate information. The lack of a text-to-speech program integrated into cellular telephones, excludes the blind and visually impaired from interactively and independently utilizing this significant piece of technology. Many blind and visually impaired individuals are not able to use basic or even advanced communication features offered with most cellular phones today. Cellular Phone Accessibility System (CPAS) will address this lack of accessibility by designing, developing then integrating into cellular telephones a screen reader (voice output) software. The goal of the development will be to provide the blind and visually impaired a tool to access the information on the screen and navigate the cellular telephone menu system. This research and development project is being conducted by Automated Functions, Inc., which is a leader in the field of adaptive aid technology. The research team consists of highly skilled professionals who are expert in the design, development, and testing of systems to assist visually impaired people. It is important for blind and visually impaired people to have mainstream access to one of the worlds most used pieces of technology.