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Web Access Gateway Software
This software intercepts web pages before they appear on your screen, making them easier to see if you are visually impaired.
You must read the disclaimer before downloading.
What the authors say:
- To make the Web easier to access for print-disabled users (such as users with low vision or dyslexia);
- To allow speakers of other languages to view Web pages written in them, when the encodings are not supported by their browsers. (This uses GIFs - see GIF Patent Problems and the Language Viewer)
The gateway works by intercepting your Web browsing in such a way that the gateway computer can sort out the Web pages before you see them. It works with all browsers and operating systems as long as the browser supports forms [1]. You can adjust it to work the way you want to.
If you need an academic paper about the gateway, try this:
Silas S Brown & Peter Robinson. A World Wide Web Mediator for Users with Low Vision. CHI 2001 Workshop No. 14. PDF format (hosted at ics.forth.gr)
The gateway can also (sometimes) be used as a rudimentary viewer of such things as Flash and WAP, if you have no other means of displaying them. In the case of WAP, the intention is that print-disabled users can use WAP sites on their normal desktop browsers.
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