Cancer institute site boosts accessibility
Software converts chart data into speech

The National Cancer Institute (NCI) is launching a new Web site with improved
accessibility for people with visual impairments that will allow visitors to
chart cancer mortality statistics nationwide using interactive maps. 

To make the maps accessible to those with visual impairments, and thus
compliant with Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act, NCI used software from
Corda Technologies Inc., based in Lindon, UT. It converts the map data to a
text document. So while a normally sighted person may see colors superimposed
over a map to represent a particular cancer's prevalence, a visually impaired
person would hear a text reader program reading the name of the state, the
type of cancer, and the number of deaths in a given time period.  

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http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2003/0721/tec-access-07-21-03.asp

Link:
http://www.corda.com/