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Computer Technology as Means for Compensation of the Information Deficit of People with Visual Handicaps
PRÁZDNÝ, Pavel
This thesis engages in computer and communication technologies as means for compensation of the information deficit of people with visual handicaps. There is an outline of the visual-handicap problems and its specification in the theoretical part. Then the historic context and development of approaches ideas in this field is sketched. Reader is also acquainted with the compass of visual handicaps and with the specification of inborn and obtained visual handicaps. This part is concluded by clarifying of the visual-handicap compensatory mechanisms.Next there is characterized and determined the complex rehabilitation of people with visual handicaps and more detailed attention is paid to the social and working rehabilitation. The following part of this thesis tries to introduce the field of computer and information technologies in context with the problems of the visual-handicaps. Text acquaints with the historic development in this sphere, with the problems of compensatory tools and integration computer technology into tyflotechnology. More detailed is decribed an area of the electronic compensatory tools on the basis of PC - first of all digital and camera magnifying glasses, the digital readable equipment with the vocal and touch outlet and Braille,s peripheries. Not even omitted the legislation of this problems. Author acquaints readers with the specification of internet use by the visual-handicaps and with the digital library services.This part is concluded by a topic of the navigation GPS and mobile phones use. The practical part presents the organized pieces of information that in concrete terms substantiate the theoretical part. There is a complete guide of the firms distributing the above mentioned compensatory tools and summaries of the electronic compensatory tools on the basis of PC in the practical part. Reader also can find summaries of the special hardware and software components in the tables

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