iBrowse: Software for low vision to access Internet

New user interface software called iBrowse was developed to help visually impaired people to access Internet. The software iBrowse, coded by Extensible Application Markup Language (XAML) and C#, adopted a similar designing strategy of our previously implemented LowBrowse software which acted as an extension add-on of Firefox browser. Our iBrowse software, instead of following the traditional magnification technique, allowed the low vision users to adjust a few style parameters (font size etc.) and then to read all the websites in their maximum reading efficiency regardless how web authors mark up their websites. The software iBrowse contains two separate frames including single-line reading frame and webpage global frame. Thus it provides the possibility for low vision users to read the text content on the webpage while at the same time appreciate webpage's global layout, which the website authors intends to deliver. Our new software, iBrowse, combined with previous LowBrowse, would benefit millions of persons with impaired vision and enhance their web accessibility efficiently.

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