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Software That Opens Worlds to the Disabled

ONE computer program would allow vision-impaired shoppers to point their cellphones at supermarket shelves and hear descriptions of products and prices. Another would allow a physically disabled person to guide a computer mouse using brain waves and eye movements.

The two programs were among those created by eight groups of volunteers at a two-day software-writing competition this fall. The goal of the competition, sponsored by a nonprofit corporation, is to encourage new computer programs that help disabled people expand their capabilities.

By JAMES FLANIGAN

Full Story: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/18/business/smallbusiness/18edge.html?scp=7&sq=disabled&st=cse

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Project:Possibility http://projectpossibility.org/ is a nonprofit, community service project committed to creating groundbreaking open source software for persons with disabilities.

Our mission is to inspire a community of persons with disabilities and software developers to work together and make a difference by inventing software that will unlock new areas of life for persons with disabilities, giving them access to experiences previously impossible to achieve.

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