O software livre como alternativa para a inclusão digital do deficiente visual / The free software as an alternative for digital cohesion of visually impaired people

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2006

RESUMO

The accelerated diffusion of the "free" software, as much in Brazil as in the foreign, has beem shown more and more evident in the most diverse scopes (government, companies, schools, etc) The main motivation to the transition from "proprietary" software to the "free" one is the costs reduction, but to accomplish this migration compatible tools need to be available for the maintenance of the system usability. This is still a barrier for the migration of the brazilian visually impaired user, because up to this moment, none of the assistive technologies developed to "free" operating systems are available in portuguese language. As solution for this problem, this dissertation presents an alternative that will accomplish this migration, enabling blind users to carrying out tasks like text edition, internet access, file management, among others. The work is based on the implementation of a voice synthesizer for the portuguese from Brazil and on the translation of an assistive technology developed to "free" operating systems. As integrated part are also documented the development of a compact model of personal computer and the results of tests carried out with voluntary users

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acessibilidade inclusão digital sintese da voz software de comunicação free software assistive technology voice synthesizer digital cohesion acessibility screen reader tecnologia educacional software livre

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