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ONLINE SERVICE OFFERS EASY ACCESS TO THE INFORMATION
SUPERHIGHWAY FOR THE BLIND COMMUNITY
York, PA -- June 15, 1994 -- Cyberia Communications, Inc.
announced today that it will expand its services to offer a
blind user interface, making its online service more easily
accessible to the blind community. In the fast paced world
of online services, major growth and expansoin has been
seen in graphical user interfaces. New graphical
interfaces create an easy to use "point and click"
enviroment for sighted users, but have ignored the
community of blind users who are also trying to access the
online world. When a user logs into Cyberia they will be
prompted with a choice of three interfaces: Normal
Emulation, Graphical Rip Emulation, and Easy Access for the
Blind Emulation. When a user chooses the blind interface,
all graphics are stripped, and the menus are presented in
an easily readable format for interfacing with the various
screen reading devices currently available. The new blind
interface is currently being beta tested, and is scheduled
for release on June 20th.
In conjunction with the release of its blind user interface,
Cyberia will be creating a specialized section where blind
users can discuss topics of interest with other blind users
from around the globe, and obtain software for their home
computer specially made for easy blind usage. Software
programs available include screen readers, braille
translators for work processors, speech interfaces for
WordPerfect, lists of books available in braille, talking
checkbook management programs, and other useful utilities.
"We are very excited to be able to make the online world
more easily accessible to this community," said Sara Viener,
Vice President of Cyberia Communications. "Our goal when
we started Cyberia was to make the online world more user
friendly. We have been very successful at doing this for
the visual community, and we are proud to be able to do the
same for the blind communtiy."
Cyberia Communications, Inc., based in York, PA, is the
area's fastest-growing provider of online services. The
Company offers more than 2,000 callers a wide variety of
services, including electronic mail, global messaging,
multiuser games, software, computing support, interactive
magazines and newspapers, and real-time chat lounges.
Founded in 1993, The Company specializes in making the
online world as easy as possible for all users. Anyone
with a computer and a telephone modem can set up a free
trial account on Cyberia by dialing (717)840-1444 with
their telecommunications software, or may call for voice
support at (717)840-0139.
Contact: Adam Viener
Phone: 717-840-0139
Internet: Adam.Viener@Cyberia.com