February 1, 2008
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 8.06 (Altair), integrated software designed for blind, low vision (weak sight) or deaf-blind users. The software has been available for free download from February 1, 2008 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 8.0 continued enhancing usability for beginners and users with low vision (weak sight). New braille displays supported, On/off toggle of punctuation reading, Change in the configuration of reading speed and pitch, Background color "green and gray" selected, Filer's function to display details, Editing the address book, Confirmation of website encryption by SSL. For details and other improvements, see the Release Note (Added and changed features in ALTAIR for Windows 8.0).
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Japanese Society for Rehabilitation of Persons with Disabilities (JSRPD) Information Center
1-22-1 Toyama, Shinjyuku-Ku, Tokyo, Japan
info@mx.normanet.ne.jp
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