Welcome to Voice based web portal for the blind Just tell me what you would like me to speak to you. Would you like hear the site navigation, the article, the article links or the voice settings? An error has occurred. Just tell me what you would like me to speak to you. Would you like hear the site navigation, the article, the article links or the voice settings? I did not understand what you just said. You only need to say, skip, ore back, ore restart. Just tell me what you would like me to speak to you? Would you like hear the site navigation, the article, the article links or the voice settings? I did not understand what you just said. You only need to say, skip, ore back, ore restart. Just tell me what you would like me to speak to you? Would you like hear the site navigation, the article, the article links or the voice settings? I'm listening. I'm still here. Oh, kay? Excuse me. I'll be right back. Okay, I'm back. Wow! I mean, i really needed that! Are you still there? I am at the end of the article. I will speak the article to you.You may say skip ore back ore restart ore help. = [the] site navigation {$.voice_field_siteNavigation = '__prompt_user__'} {$.voice_field_article = '__skip__'} {$.voice_field_articleLinks = '__skip__'} {$.voice_field_voiceAssistLevel = '__skip__'} | [the] article {$.voice_field_article = '__prompt_user__'} {$.voice_field_siteNavigation = '__skip__'} {$.voice_field_articleLinks = '__skip__'} {$.voice_field_voiceAssistLevel = '__skip__'} | [the] article links {$.voice_field_articleLinks = '__prompt_user__'} {$.voice_field_siteNavigation = '__skip__'} {$.voice_field_article = '__skip__'} {$.voice_field_voiceAssistLevel = '__skip__'} | [the] voice settings {$.voice_field_voiceAssistLevel = '__prompt_user__'} {$.voice_field_siteNavigation = '__skip__'} {$.voice_field_article = '__skip__'} {$.voice_field_articleLinks = '__skip__'} | skip {$.voice_field_article = 'skip'} {$.voice_field_siteNavigation = '__skip__'} {$.voice_field_articleLinks = '__skip__'} {$.voice_field_voiceAssistLevel = '__skip__'} | back {$.voice_field_article = 'back'} {$.voice_field_siteNavigation = '__skip__'} {$.voice_field_articleLinks = '__skip__'} {$.voice_field_voiceAssistLevel = '__skip__'} | restart {$.voice_field_article = 'restart'} {$.voice_field_siteNavigation = '__skip__'} {$.voice_field_articleLinks = '__skip__'} {$.voice_field_voiceAssistLevel = '__skip__'}; ]]> = go {$.voice_field_siteNavigation = 'go'} | skip {$.voice_field_siteNavigation = 'skip'} | back {$.voice_field_siteNavigation = 'back'} | restart {$.voice_field_siteNavigation = 'restart'}; ]]> I did not understand what you just said. You only need to say go, ore skip, ore back, ore restart. I am at the end of the site navigation. the site navigation. I will read you the name of each section in the site.After i say the name of a section just say goif you want me to locate your browser to that section of the site.You may say go ore skip ore back ore restart ore help. I am at the beginning of the site navigation. I am at the end of the site navigation. I am at the beginning of the site navigation. = skip {$.voice_field_article = 'skip'} | back {$.voice_field_article = 'back'} | restart {$.voice_field_article = 'restart'}; ]]> I did not understand what you just said. You only need to say skip, ore back, ore restart. I am at the end of the article. the article. I will speak the article to you.You may say skip ore back ore restart ore help. I am at the beginning of the article. I am at the end of the article. I am at the beginning of the article. = go {$.voice_field_articleLinks = 'go'} | skip {$.voice_field_articleLinks = 'skip'} | back {$.voice_field_articleLinks = 'back'} | restart {$.voice_field_articleLinks = 'restart'}; ]]> I did not understand what you just said. You only need to say go, ore skip, ore back, ore restart. I am at the end of the article links. the article links. I will tell you each link found in the article.If you would like me to locate your browser using that link then just say go.You may say go ore skip ore back ore restart ore help. I am at the beginning of the article links. I am at the end of the article links. I am at the beginning of the article links. = yes {$.voice_field_voiceAssistLevel='yes'} | no {$.voice_field_voiceAssistLevel='no'}; ]]> The voice assist level is currently set to Would you like less voice assistance? Would you like more voice assistance? You said yes. Your voice assist level is now set to voice portal for the Blind: Home

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Extending accessibility and usability with xhtml+voice.

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Welcome to Voice based web portal for the blind

The site was designed for the visually challenged people. This site is a project into making a web site more accessible and usable to the blind with a VUI. The technology which i implement is known as XHTML+Voice, sometimes referred to as X+V. At this point it is up, fixed, running and in its Beta stage of development. My current project is for developing a voice based webpage making compatible for the blind to use the internet.

This web site talks to you and you can talk to it.

The VUI has been designed to assist people with visual difficulties who would like to listen and talk to the web site instead of looking at it.

You can look too.

This webpage acts as an example to show that voice interactivity can be brought on a webpage.Every page in this site contains source code which is a working example of XHTML+Voice code.

Accessibility.

An aspect of web accessibility is designing a web site to be accessible to users who must deal with the effects of the different visual disabilities such as

  • blindness,
  • low vision,
  • color deficit or distortion,
  • photo sensitivity,
  • reading disabilities.

There are different accessibility design techniques which help to alleviate the effects caused by those disabilities.

Also, some users may want to use special software which assists them by reading the web pages to them. Those software require other accessibility design techniques.

This web site implements those visual web design techniques in order to be accessible to users who require and appreciate them. However, this web site also offers a voice user interface for visitors who would rather avoid the struggles which they encounter with the visual user interface.

Usability.

An aspect of usability is creating a smooth interaction between the blind user and a web site. I wanted to take usability for the blind way beyond what screen readers offer. I wanted a new level of usability that i could only achieve with my own VUI.

In regard to usability a knowledgebase has been developed using wikipedia. The VUI now treats a section with a book layout like an audio book. The VUI reads the first page and then continues to the next page and reads that and so on. See for yourself with A webpage of wiki..

Comments.

Your comments are valuable to me, please feel free to ask me or tell me your feedbacks to this address nishaero@gamil.com.

This software is written by Nishant R Cheap Hosting and Domain Name Free
Creative Commons LicenseVoice interactivity over a website by Nishant R is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.5 India License.