March 1, 2006
The Japanese Society for the Rehabilitation of Persons with Disabilities (JSRPD) announced the new release of Japanese and English versions of Altair for Windows, Version 6.0 (Altair), integrated software designed for blind, low vision (weak sight) or deaf-blind users. The software has been available for free download from March 1, 2006 on Information Network for Persons with Disabilities, NORMANET web.
ALTAIR is free assistive software designed to provide blind, low vision (weak sight) or deaf-blind people a better user experience of ICT at study, work and every day life situations. ALTAIR provides a seamless work environment, integrating a text editor, web browser, and mail program with speech synthesizer and output to Braille displays and variable font size function. With ALTAIR, people can create documents and exchange or collect information via the Internet simply by operating the keyboard without using the mouse.
The newly released ALTAIR Version 6.0 offers improved usability for beginners and users with low vision (weak sight). Altair offers easy access to the Desktop, My Documents, and networks files. Windows standard shortcuts and menu bar have been introduced. In addition, supporting the KDBC driver, users can use a screen reader and Altair simultaneously. For details and other improvements, see the Release Note (Features added and changed in ALTAIR for Windows 6.0).
Contact us:
Japanese Society for Rehabilitation of Persons with Disabilities (JSRPD) Information Center
Shinjuku Mitsui 2nd Bldg, 7F 3-2-11 Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjyuku-Ku, Tokyo, Japan
info@mx.normanet.ne.jp
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