Barrier Free Browsing Technology Can Help The Elderly Relax Online.

Teach the elderly to visit World Expo online and use accessibility tools to browse the Expo website.

This is the content of the activity of "science and technology aging experience Exhibition" held yesterday at the Shanghai International Exhibition Center, which is an important item of the ninth digital life science week.

At the scene of the activity, the narrator displayed the web page of World Expo on the projector, and explained the functions meticulously. The old people listened intently, and many of them took notes with their glasses.

This year, Mr. Lu, 75, said, "after listening to this class, you will know how to read World Expo online."

He said that the elderly have a lot of free time, but the Expo site is very large. Visiting the site is a test for their physical strength, and it is always unavoidable to take a fancy to it. With online World Expo, they can watch it leisurely and carefully at home, and can also experience many exhibitions on the spot.

"Live World Expo and online World Expo have their own characteristics and wonderful features."

He said with a smile.

The elderly want to get information on World Expo online, but the font size is too small to see clearly.

The solution of IBM information barrier free technology is shown at the scene of the activity: click on the "web browsing assistant tool" at the top of the Expo website, install the corresponding plug-in, and then point the mouse to a line or text that you want to see. The computer will read them out fluently and synchronize the enlarged text below the screen.

Many elderly people expressed the hope that this barrier free browsing technology could be applied to other websites to make the elderly more convenient.