Making CD-ROM's Multimedia Work for All Users.

Wlodkowski, Tom

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ERIC Number: EJ591543

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1999

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Making CD-ROM's Multimedia Work for All Users.

Wlodkowski, Tom

Computers in Libraries, v19 n6 p62-64,66 Jun 1999

Highlights multimedia CD-ROMs that can describe pictures aloud for blind users and turn sound into text for the deaf. Outlines barriers confronting blind users. Discusses software programs designed to significantly improve access to multimedia software for users with disabilities and presents evaluation criteria for purchasing the most accessible software. (AEF)

Descriptors: Access to Information, Blindness, Computer Software Evaluation, Computer Software Selection, Deafness, Disabilities, Evaluation Criteria, Multimedia Materials, Optical Data Disks, User Needs (Information), Visual Impairments

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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