LITHIUM TEST STRIP FOR BLOOD LEVEL MONITORING

Not Available Most modem personal computers use a Graphical User Interface (GUI) to display information on the screen. This interface is easy to use for a sighted person but very difficult for a visually impaired person. Currently, sensory adaptive aids, called screen readers attempt to provide access to these GUI based systems. All have limited success and many programs are inaccessible to visually impaired users. This lack of access limits the educational and business opportunities for visually impaired people. The goal of the Haptic Economical Audio Descriptive System (HEADS) is to design, develop, and test custom software coupled with low cost hatpic (force feedback) hardware to enable visually impaired people to independently analyze and then understand the layout of Windows 98 graphic screens and the shapes of graphic symbols. This research is being conducted by Automated Functions, Inc. (AFI), which has many years of experience in the design and development of systems to assist visually impaired people. If HEADS is successful, it will enable visually impaired people to independently interact with Windows 98 by using sound. speech synthesis.. and touch. This excellent access will open educational and business opportunities. The use of the GUI will increase with time and visually impaired people must have excellent tools in order to independently interact with this technology.