The Hindu Business Line : FCS tool for the blind

NEW DELHI: The Noida-based FCS Software Solutions hassaid it has bagged an assistive technologies project that would enable visually challenged people to access Internet anytime, anywhere on PocketPC.

"The use of this software on a PocketPC, a personal data assistant (PDA), will empower both blind and nearly blind people to access content from the Internet anytime, anywhere, thus curtailing their dependence on non-mobile desktop device and bringing them closer to the everyday palmtop application," Mr Dalip Kumar, Managing Director of FCS Software Solutions Ltd, said in a statement.

The software would enable visually challenged people to search through reading material on select Internet sources, including `Project Gutenberg', `Bean Free Library' and `Bookshare.org'. It would provide them with two options - either to read the content on a Braille monitor or to hear it with the aid of a voice synthesiser.

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