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Capture Information with Capti

Research Scientist at Stony Brook University
Apr. 25, 2012
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Capture Information with Capti

  1. Capture Information with A Web Browsing Application for Universal and Ubiquitous Web Access by Charmtech Labs LLC
  2. Too Much Content Never Enough Time
  3. Accessing Information  Modern assistive technology tools: ◦ Basic functionality, slow, and inefficient ◦ Encounter information? – read it now  Instapaper, ReadItLater, Safari Reading List: ◦ Encounter information? – read it later ◦ Not well integrated with assistive technology
  4. Capti Web Browsing Application  Skip clutter around main content on a web page  Build a playlist of main content  Synchronize playlist tracks and track reading positions across devices  Share playlist items with others: Twitter, SMS, and E-mail
  5. Capti Can Be Used  Visually or non-visually  With news, blogs, online books, etc.  On the go, at the desk, or while relaxing  Hands-free (for listening)  Offline (for listening)
  6. Built-in Intelligence  Finds main content in web pages  Reassembles multi-page articles  Attaches form labels to form fields  Segments Web pages into sections  Finds changes in web pages
  7. Other Notable Characteristics  Multiplatform: Windows, OS X, iOS, Linux  Self-voicing on regular computers  Interoperable with other screen readers  Integrates with existing web browsers
  8. Live Demo
  9. Acknowledgements  Yevgen Borodin  I.V.  Andrii Sovyak Ramakrishnan  Alexander  Faisal Ahmed Dimitriyadi  Glenn Dausch  Valentyn Melnyk  Varinder Singh Capti has been developed, in part, with support from the Department of Education, using the NIDRR grant number H133S110023. However, the contents do not represent the policy of the Department of Education, and you should not assume endorsement by the U.S. Federal Government.
  10. Try Capti Yourself  Try Capti Beta for Windows Now! ◦ www.charmtechlabs.com ◦ Get Capti for Mac and Linux in a week  Try “Capti Web Player” Beta for iPhone! ◦ Get a promo code for Capti for iPhone  Sign up to beta test synchronization: ◦ E-mail: info@charmtechlabs.com

Editor's Notes

  1. I would like to introduce Capti
  2. I don’t think I need to convince anyone that there is too much content on the Web and never enough time to process itThis is even more true for people with vision impairments who have to use Assistive Technology such as screen readers
  3. Let’s examine how modern assistive technology help access web-based content.People with vision impairments access the web using screen readers and magnifiers– unfortunately these tools offer only basic functionality- If you encounter any information, you better read it right awayThere are other tools for managing and processing information that enable the user to compile a reading listTools such as…Enable users to build a reading listUnfortunately, one of the problems with these tools is a lack of integration with screen readers, which makes these tools less usable than they could have been. For instance, having compiled a reading list, a blind user still has to manually use a screen reader to listen through the list. Further, these tools have been designed for sighted people and they have no way of remembering where the user was reading with the screen readerFor sighted people, these tools help organize information for later reading, but one still has to find the time to read the content, so for many people the reading list ended up being a trashbin of content they never read
  4. I would like to present Capti – a web browsing application that enables users to:1234
  5. Capti is universally accessible and can be used visually or non-visuallyIt can be used to read news, blogs, online books, encyclopedia, etc.It can be used on the go, at the desk, or while relaxingEXAMPLE
  6. Capti has a lot of intelligence under the hood
  7. 1.2. 3. Can be used in parallel with other screen readers4. Firefox and webkit
  8. I would like to acknowledge my coauthorsAs well as the National Institute for Disability and Rehabilitation Research, which funded this project
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