Cellular Phone Accessibility System (CPAS)

描述（由申请人提供）：盲人和视力受损的人没有充分利用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。由于没有将文字转语音程序集成到移动电话中，盲人和视障者无法交互和独立地利用这一重要技术。许多盲人和视力受损的人不能使用当今大多数蜂窝电话提供的基本甚至高级通信功能。 移动电话无障碍系统将通过设计、开发并在移动电话中集成屏幕阅读器（语音输出）软件来解决无障碍问题。开发的目标是为盲人和视力受损者提供一种工具，使他们能够访问屏幕上的信息并浏览移动电话菜单系统。 该研究和开发项目由Automated Functions，Inc.进行，它是适应性辅助技术领域的领导者。研究团队由高技能的专业人士组成，他们是设计，开发和测试系统的专家，以帮助视障人士。重要的是，盲人和视障人士能够主流化地使用世界上最常用的技术之一。

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.