A Website That Says – For Blind People: Read This!

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A Website That Says – For Blind People: Read This!

You may read the title twice and say, “What? Are you nuts? How can blind people see websites?”

Amazing but yes, there are websites out there designed for the blind or visually impaired to “read”. The main focus of their web design is for it to be made accessible for the said people. And there is already a search tool made by Google to access the ranking of these kinds of sites according to their accessibility to the visually impaired readers. The ranking is based on the simplicity of the web design, which is the main factor to consider for these kinds of websites, examples of which are: pages with large headings and lack of extraneous images and texts.

This kind of visually impaired “reading” will be made possible by downloading and installing screen reader software in their computers. And it does not stop there yet and this is the fun part, some software even has different characters to choose from. They have cartoon characters like genie and wizard for the kids, professional looking ones for adults and they are not forgetting our dearest elders, they are also catering to them by having senior characters. These characters also have their voices match the characters they are portraying.

And, to add to the things that the visually impaired can now do, there are websites out there that has a variety of Braille formatted materials like books, articles and ezines. These materials can be downloaded and will be available for them to read. This is with the use of software that can help print Braille reading materials. How useful this is for the visually impaired people.

Today, with the help of internet, visually impaired people out there will no longer limit themselves to just reading whatever Braille materials available in their bookstores. They will not just sit down and listen to their good old audio tapes that will serve as their entertainment. There are new ways to educate and entertain themselves.

Look at how our websites evolved and have been continuously responding to not just needs but whims of the readers. This just proves that web design technology has been reaching out and improving the way of life of not just ordinary people but those “special” people as well.

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