Title :
PI VU (pie view) flash reading technology
Author :
Detary, David A.
Author_Institution :
Personal Interface Inc., Lakewood, CO, USA
Abstract :
PI VU is a New Visual Medium with PI VU, visual text communication becomes immediately available to limited sight, limited movement, deaf, and mute persons. PI VU Flash Reading Technology is an electronic kin to the well known `flash card´ learning transfer system used for over a century in the educational process. PI VU displays information from any computer text file, or the keyboard. One or more words at a time are centered in a fixed window on the screen, to communicate complete thoughts and ideas. The PI VU user controls all aspects of the information displayed: content, size, speed and direction of travel. PI VU allows you to receive electronic information at your maximum comprehension rate. Buy it´s nature, PI VU broadcasts a flashing text message to anyone within eyesight of the computer screen. Messages are easily seen and understood at distances of 50 feet or more. Deaf and muter users can key in messages on the keyboard and press the send button to communicate
Keywords :
IBM computers; handicapped aids; software packages; user interfaces; PI VU; PI VU Flash Reading Technology; Visual Medium; comprehension rate; computer text file; educational process; fixed window; flash card; flashing text message; learning transfer system; limited movement; limited sight; mute persons; muter users; send button; software/hardware concepts; visual text communication; Birth disorders; Broadcasting; Computer displays; Deafness; Diseases; Educational technology; Eyes; Injuries; Keyboards; Size control;
Conference_Titel :
Computing Applications to Assist Persons with Disabilities, 1992., Proceedings of the Johns Hopkins National Search for
Conference_Location :
Laurel, MD
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-2730-1
DOI :
10.1109/CAAPWD.1992.217420