Startup Eyes Disability Market 
by Leander Kahney

SAN FRANCISCO - A San Diego startup is developing a technology that
dynamically generates custom-user interfaces for all kinds of computing
devices - laptops, handhelds, and cell phones.  

Edapta's technology will initially be targeted to disabled users, but the
company said it hopes it will take off in the wireless, post-PC world when
information is delivered to a variety of gadgets, ranging from set-top boxes
and game consoles to Net-connected cars.  

Introduced at this week's JavaOne conference, Edapta's Edaptive Engine is
server-based software that queries a device for its display profile and
adapts the interface elements according to things like screen size and
resolution and the presence or absence of a keyboard or mouse.  

Based on Sun's Jini, a networking technology that automatically recognizes
new devices connecting to a network, the Edaptive Engine can automatically
adapt interfaces for disabled users, who also have a wide range of interface
needs.  

For example, the technology could adapt a website for blind visitors who use
screen-reader software to access the site. Because navigation buttons and
advertisements are clutter to a screen reader, the site would trim these
elements and display only the most important information on the site.  

Entire story at:
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,36759,00.html

http://www.edapta.com/
