首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
A、Digital book technologies. B、Special mobile phones. C、Communication tools. D、Special keyboards. A选项是关于各种技术设备的。题目问的是,Chieko Asa
A、Digital book technologies. B、Special mobile phones. C、Communication tools. D、Special keyboards. A选项是关于各种技术设备的。题目问的是,Chieko Asa
admin
2017-03-06
54
问题
Moderator:
Hello, everyone! It’s a great pleasure for me to say that Chieko Asakawa will be our keynote speaker today. Chieko Asakawa, as a brilliant IBM research scientist, seeks to improve the lives of the visually impaired by ensuring they have equal access to technology and innovation and challenging traditional thinking about how those with special needs use technology. She is a member of the IBM Academy of Technology. She also teaches at Tsukuba Engineering College, focusing on human interface issues. Now let’s welcome Ms. Asakawa.
Chieko Asakawa:
Thanks for the introduction. Hi, everyone. You might think there are many things that I can’t do because I cannot see. That’s largely true. Actually, I just needed to have a bit of help to come up to the stage.
But there is also a lot that I can do. This is me rock climbing for the first time. Actually, I love sports and I can play many sports, like swimming, skiing, skating, scuba diving, running and so on. But there is one limitation: somebody needs to help me. I want to be independent.
I lost my sight at the age of 14 in a swimming pool accident. I was an active, independent teenager, and suddenly I became blind. The hardest thing for me was losing my independence. Things that until then seemed simple became almost impossible to do alone. For example, one of my challenges was text-books. Back then, there were no personal computers, no Internet, no smartphones. So I had to ask one of my two brothers to read me textbooks, and I had to create my own books in Braille. Can you imagine? Of course, my brothers were not happy about it, and later, I noticed they were not there whenever I needed them. I think they tried to stay away from me. I don’t blame them. I really wanted to be freed from relying on someone. That became my strong desire to ignite innovation.
Jump ahead to the mid-1980s. I got to know cutting-edge technologies and I thought to myself, how come there is no computer technology to create books in Braille? These amazing technologies must be able to also help people with limitations like myself. That’s the moment my innovation journey began.
I started developing digital book technologies, such as a digital Braille editor, digital Braille dictionary and a digital Braille library network. Today, every student who is visually impaired can read text-books, by using personal computers and mobile devices, in Braille or in voice. This may not surprise you, since everyone now has digital books in their tablets in 2015. But Braille went digital many years before digital books, already in the late 1980s, almost 30 years ago. Strong and specific needs of the blind people made this opportunity to create digital books way back then. And this is actually not the first time this happened, because history shows us accessibility ignites innovation. The telephone was invented while developing a communication tool for hearing impaired people. Some keyboards were also invented to help people with disabilities.
16. According to the introduction, what does Chieko Asakawa seek to?
17. Which sport has not been mentioned by Chieko Asakawa?
18. What does Chieko Asakawa say about her lost of sight?
19. What has Chieko Asakawa developed?
选项
A、Digital book technologies.
B、Special mobile phones.
C、Communication tools.
D、Special keyboards.
答案
A
解析
选项是关于各种技术设备的。题目问的是,Chieko Asakawa 开发了什么。录音中Chieko Asakawa 说,她开发了电子书技术,因此答案为A)。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/tHU7777K
0
大学英语六级
相关试题推荐
A、Shewasacloserelativeofhiscolleague.B、Shewasrecommendedbysomeoneheknows.C、Shewasassignedtohelpwithhisprog
Newtechnologylinkstheworldasneverbefore.Ourplanethas【B1】______.It’snowa"globalvillage"wherecountriesareonlys
A、TheyproducedmorecarsthanAmericanmanufacturers.B、Theyreducedcar-productioninAmerica.C、Theygaveupmoremarketshar
A、Itislessening.B、Itisgrowing.C、Ithasn’tchanged.D、Itisslowlychanging.B短文开头介绍,在1986年出台了禁止商业捕鲸的政策之后,鲸鱼的死亡数字每年都呈上升趋势,故
A、Dr.Andersonlikessharpglassesespecially.B、Dr.Andersonmaynotbeagoodchoice.C、Dr.Andersonisleavingthecountry.D
A、Hangupthephoneandmakeacalllater.B、Asktheoperatortoleaveamessage.C、Givethenumbertotheotherpartytophone
ImprovingthebalancebetweentheworkingpartofthedayandtherestofitisagoalofagrowingnumberofworkersinrichWe
A、Itwasmild.B、Itwashumid.C、Itwashot.D、Itwascool.C事实细节题。预读选项可知,问题问的是过去某时的天气状况。听音关键是要分清楚他们对每年夏天的不同描述。根据女士对第一个夏天的描述“华氏1
A、Anopendoor.B、Anopendiscussion.C、Aprivateroom.D、Acloseddoor.D男士问女士希望门开着还是关着,女士说自己希望保留一些隐私,即希望门关着,故选D。注意抓听关键词,privac
ItiscommonlybelievedintheUnitedStatesthatschooliswherepeoplegotogetaneducation.Nevertheless,ithasbeensaid
随机试题
证人的证言、被害人的陈述和犯罪嫌疑人的供述都有可能成为直接证据。
下列诸脉,除哪一项外,脉位皆表浅
美国甲公司为宣传产品制作散发了宣传画册。中国乙公司未经许可将上述画册中的一幅照片用作广告背景。甲公司认为乙公司侵犯其著作权,将乙公司告上法庭。对此案有几种意见,哪些是不正确的?()
上市公司康美药业的大股东康美实业投资控股有限公司(以下简称康美实业),公司实控人是马兴田,任公司董事长兼总经理。其妻许冬瑾目前为康美药业的第七大股东,持股1.97%,并任职公司副董事长兼副总经理。康美药业马兴田夫妇的一股独大使得公司缺乏科学决策、良性运行机
国际互联网简称“Internet”,它是一个巨大的信息宝库,要浏览里面精彩的信息,还需要一个好帮手,这个帮手就是()。
《关于金融支持农业规模化生产和集约化经营的指导意见》提出的指导原则不包括()。
若函数z=ex+2y+xy+1,则dz|(0,0)=________.
[*]
在堆栈操作中,(11)保持不变。
下列关于模板形参的表述中,错误的是
最新回复
(
0
)