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GOAL-ORIENTED BROWSING: A NEXT GENERATION WEB TECHNOLOGY FOR THE VISION IMPAIRED

Award Number: R43EY021962
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 08/01/2012
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 07/31/2013

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GOAL-ORIENTED BROWSING: A NEXT GENERATION WEB TECHNOLOGY FOR THE VISION IMPAIRED - DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Goal-Oriented Browsing: A Next Generation Web Technology for the Vision Impaired Abstract This SBIR Phase I Project will investigate the feasibility of goal-oriented browsing - the underpinning of a next-generation web accessibility technology that will take web browsing to the next level. Goal-orientation will be realized by enabling usable automation of browsing tasks. The envisioned technology will allow users to stay focused on high-level browsing tasks, while the browser does low-level operations such as clicking on links, filling forms, etc., necessary to accomplish the tasks. To enable automation, a computational model will be designed to encode users' browsing history as sequences of browsing actions. Algorithms will be developed to analyze this history to infer macros, which are useful sequences that users could replay to automate tasks. To make the model resilient towards changes in structure and content of web pages, robust addressing techniques with self-repair capability will be developed. End-user interfaces will be designed for usable interaction with the model and for model validation. Finally, automated experiments and user studies with blind subjects will be conducted to determine the feasibility of the project. Goal-oriented browsing will go a long way towards bridging the growing web accessibility divide between the ways people with and without vision impairments browse the Web. For people with visual impairments, goal- oriented browsing will usher in a new era of independence and employability in our global Web-based economy. Thus, from a broader perspective, goal-oriented browsing will exemplify the vision of the Universally Accessible Web whose thesis is "equal access for all", i.e. anyone should be able to reap the benefits of the Web without being constrained by any disability. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: This SBIR Project seeks to do Research and Development on goal-oriented browsing - the next generation web accessibility technology that will elevate web browsing up a notch by allowing users to stay focused on high-level browsing tasks while the browser does low-level operations like clicking on links, filling forms, etc., necessary to accomplish the tasks. For people with visual impairments it will usher in a new era of independence and employability in our global Web-based economy. Goal-oriented browsing will go a long way towards bridging the growing web accessibility divide between the ways people with and without vision impairments browse the web. Thus from a broader perspective goal-oriented browsing will exemplify the vision of the Universally Accessible Web whose thesis is "equal access for all", i.e. anyone should be able to reap the benefits of the Web without being constrained by any disability.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2012 ( Subtotal = $212,716 )
2012	2012	CHARMTECH LABS LLC	21701 ALCAZAR AVENUE	CUPERTINO	CA	95014	SANTA CLARA	USA	Vision Research	000	1	7/30/2012	NEW	$212,716
														Subtotal = $212,716

Grand Total All Awards = $212,716

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GOAL-ORIENTED BROWSING: A NEXT GENERATION WEB TECHNOLOGY FOR THE VISION IMPAIRED

Award Number: R43EY021962

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 08/01/2012

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 07/31/2013

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