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To: stak who wrote (81)	11/27/1998 3:39:00 AM
From: Dave Swanson	Respond to of 112

forbes.com

To: stak who wrote (81)	1/20/1999 10:55:00 PM
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You wanted leads for tools for the disadvantaged. latimes.com excerpt: imagine being able to type simply by looking at the letters on a keyboard. Or being able to hear the Internet "spoken" by a Web browser. For most people, such innovations could make life more convenient. But for people with disabilities, they could change the way they live. New high-tech inventions promise to allow quadriplegics, the blind and other people with disabilities to use computers without relying on a keyboard and mouse. Other devices, such as wheelchairs and canes, are getting "smarter," making it easier for the disabled to interact with the world. These advances are spinoffs from other research or adaptations of products developed for the general public. They join the vast array of products that use voice-recognition technology to aid people with disabilities. "New stuff is coming out almost overnight," said Kirk Behnke, training coordinator at Cal State Northridge's Center on Disabilities. "A lot of technology that's out there is now getting transferred to folks with disabilities. We're only limited by our creativity in applying assistive technology to persons with disabilities." For instance, engineers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena are turning an eye-tracking device--developed to help astronauts dock their spaceships in orbit--into a tool to allow people who can't type with their hands to use their eyes instead.