Transcript Practicing Safe Computing

Comfortable Web
Browsing
IBM Web Adaptation Software
Workshop
Art Gilbert
Topics
• About the Project
• Playing with the software
• Getting the software at home
Project Started 12/12/01
Announced in San Francisco, CA, October 1, 2002
IBM and SeniorNet today announced the nationwide launch of a new
innovative technology that will make the Web more accessible by
allowing users to reformat Web pages according to their individual
user preferences. This technology allows users to improve their Web
experience by enhancing the readability of Web pages, making the
browser easier to use, reading text out loud, and even making the
keyboard easier to use. The initiative represents the next step in
SeniorNet and IBM's multi-year partnership to make the Web
accessible to more and more people.
Project Partners
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IBM
American Society on Aging
Austin Free-Net
Champlain Senior Center
Community Technology Training Centers
Council on Senior Centers and Services
F.E.G.S.
Goodwill Industries of Dallas, Inc.
Goodwill Industries of Greater New York & Northern New Jersey
Jewish Association for Services for the Aged (JASA)
National Center for Disability Services
SeniorNet
United Neighborhood Houses
Major Software Features
• Have the computer "speak" the text on a Web page.
• Magnify everything on the page by as much as 250%.
• Enlarge the size of menus and scroll bars on the browser.
• Use the keyboard instead of a mouse to move the cursor on the
screen.
• Change the color of text and backgrounds to improve
readability.
• See text in huge, one-inch high, letters in a banner above the
page.
• Turn images and animations off to reduce the clutter and
confusion of many Web pages.
Let’s Get Started!
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Double Click the
Web Adaptation
Startup Icon on
your desktop
… the login window
will open
Logging In
1.
For
username,
enter
“stux” where x is your
workstation number
2.
For
password,
enter
“stationx” using the same
number for x as above
3.
Click the Login button
… your browser will open to
the usual home page
Playing with the Settings
Click the Settings button on the browser tool bar
The Settings window will open. Click the X to close it.
Click the ? to open the Help
Text
QUESTIONS?????
Getting the software at home
IBM Web Settings Workshop
Software Download and
Installation Instructions
1.
Sign Up for a Userid and
Password
2.
Download the software
a) Web Adaptation
Software (required)
The following pages describe how to
register to use the Web Adaptation
software at home.
Once you are registered, you
follow the instructions on
following pages to download
install the IBM Web Adaptation
IBM ViaVoice software that
used in the workshop.
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b) ViaVoice (optional)
3.
Install the software (both if
applicable)
4.
Start the Web Adaptation
Software like we did here