Research Aids Computer Users with Color-Deficient Vision
From: AScribe Newswire - 12/13/2005

Computer science researchers at Clemson University have developed a program
that will make it easier for people with color-deficient vision to read a
computer screen. The program automatically detects contrasts of colors and
re-colors images to produce a greater amount of contrast, offering some
compensation to users who are unable to differentiate between colors and make
out image information on their computer screens. By preserving contrast in
such a manner, the program makes it easier for people to see information
contained in an image more clearly. "Now our goal is to make the procedure
run in real time, so that computer users do not have any noticeable delay in
viewing re-colored images," says Robert Geist, a computer science professor
at Clemson. "Once we achieve that, I see this going in as a part of any
software package that is simply installed on a computer." The development
will help 10 million Americans suffering from color-deficient vision. 

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Links:
Detail Preserving Reproduction of Color Images for Monochromats and Dichromats
http://csdl2.computer.org/persagen/DLAbsToc.jsp?resourcePath=/dl/mags/cg/&toc=comp/mags/cg/2005/03/g3toc.xml&DOI=10.1109/MCG.2005.54

Clemson Computer Science Aids Color-Deficient Vision
http://clemsonews.clemson.edu/WWW_releases/2005/December/Color_Deficient.html