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Context Understanding Technology to improve internet accessibility for users with

Award Number: R44EY020082
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 02/01/2010
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 07/31/2016

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Context Understanding Technology to improve internet accessibility for users with - DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The purpose of this SBIR project is to develop a new tool to improve the ability of blind and visually impaired people to quickly get to the right web pages, to avoid ending up on the wrong web pages, and to reach the desired part of each web page efficiently. The motivation for this effort is that getting a 'big picture' understanding of a web page is one of the biggest challenges facing this population of computer users. Existing tools for blind and visually impaired people, such as screen readers and screen magnifiers, present the entire web page serially, in full detail, either by textual output of the details, or b providing a magnified view of a small part of the page. However, if the user is not already familiar with the website, the resulting lack of context requires a laborious and time-consuming process to scan through sometimes hundreds of details before knowing whether anything of interest even exists on the page in question. In contrast, the proposed technology analyzes web pages in a similar way that sighted users quickly scan pages before reading in detail, to provide a succinct, informative guidance on the context and layout of the page, so that a user quickly gains a much richer "big-picture" understanding. The proposed Phase II project builds on a successful Phase I user evaluation of a proof- of-concept of the software, in which users expressed a strong preference for the contextual cues provided by the approach. Phase II includes creating a fully-functional prototype of the software tool. Throughout the technology development, feedback from users and practitioners will guide the path of the R&D for maximum usability. At the conclusion of Phase II, an end-user, in-home evaluation study will verify the effectiveness of the tool, providing the starting point for full-scale commercialization.


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: 2017 ( Subtotal = $0 )
2017	2015	VORTANT TECHNOLOGIES, LLC	88 HIGH COUNTRY RD	WEAVERVILLE	NC	28787	BUNCOMBE	USA	Vision Research	000	4	1/28/2017	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $0

Issue Date FY: 2015 ( Subtotal = $195,445 )
2015	2015	VORTANT TECHNOLOGIES LLC	88 HIGH COUNTRY ROAD	WEAVERVILLE	NC	28787	BUNCOMBE	USA	Vision Research	000	4	1/30/2015	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$195,445
														Subtotal = $195,445

Issue Date FY: 2014 ( Subtotal = $357,073 )
2014	2014	VORTANT TECHNOLOGIES LLC	88 HIGH COUNTRY ROAD	WEAVERVILLE	NC	28787	BUNCOMBE	USA	Vision Research	000	3	1/28/2014	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$357,073
														Subtotal = $357,073

Issue Date FY: 2013 ( Subtotal = $371,933 )
2013	2013	VORTANT TECHNOLOGIES LLC	88 HIGH COUNTRY ROAD	WEAVERVILLE	NC	28787	BUNCOMBE	USA	Vision Research	000	2	1/29/2013	COMPETING CONTINUATION	$371,933
														Subtotal = $371,933

Grand Total All Awards = $924,451

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Context Understanding Technology to improve internet accessibility for users with

Award Number: R44EY020082

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

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

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 02/01/2010

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 07/31/2016

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