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{\LARGE \bf Rehabilitation Telecommunication System}
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{\large \bf Northeast Parallel Architectures Center\\
Syracuse University}
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{\Large \bf Statement of Work}
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We will develop multimedia (video/image/audio/text) on-demand databases
for blind and visually impaired users.
We will utilize the high-speed computing and network resources at
NPAC to develop database servers that can be accessed remotely via NYNet.
The servers will utilize the nCUBE parallel computer and high-end workstations.
The multimedia databases will include digitized videos of rehabilitation
instruction sessions; a catalog of available low-vision aids with 
accompanying descriptions (images, text and audio); 
information about available programs and benefits for the blind and
visually impaired (text and audio);
and a browsable library of audio books.

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The above services can be delivered using Mosaic, a network
multimedia browser. However Mosaic has an advanced graphical user interface
that is very visually orientated, so
is not suitable for the blind or visually impaired.
Other network information tools such as gopher are easily usable by the 
blind through a text-to-speech translating device, since the information is
completely text based. We will develop a Mosaic interface that is more 
suitable for blind or low-vision users.

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