Web-4-All

The Web-4-All (W4A) package was developed for Industry Canada to ensure seniors, new Canadians, and people with disabilities or literacy challenges have computer access to services and information on the Internet. It does this by creating a customizable computer where each user can select, save, and deploy their own special features to meet their needs or disability, using a using smart card that automatically configures a computer’s assistive software and hardware.

W4A makes public Internet access locations accessible to those requiring "non-standard" computer technology. W4A consists of a number of assistive technologies. The software components include Opera, a plain-text browser; Home Page Reader, speech synthesis for the blind; eReader, multi-sensory input for learning disabilities, low literacy, and FSL/ESL; and Visual Dynamic Keyboard, alternative keyboard inputs for manual dexterity impairments. W4A also ships with an external card reader and track ball, which replaces the mouse. Installation, support, and training documentation in alternate formats (Braille, large print, audio tape, and plain e-text) are included as well.

Web4All is being tested in various communities across Canada in partnership with nongovernmental organizations, other levels of government, and financial institutions and telecommunications companies.

System Requirements:

• Pentium II or better computer
• Windows 98 or higher
• CD-ROM drive
• Sound card and speakers,
• 64 MB of memory

For more information:

Project Manager
Information Highway Applications Branch,
Industry Canada
613-952-9691
le@ic.gc.ca
http://www.web4all.ca/