paul.nowak wrote: Matt, thanks for the comments. I made an error on the version of Plone. It's 2.5 Plone running on Zope 2.9x.
In regards to the additional products, we have a skin installed and we have a product that we had custom developed for us that connects to a PostgreSQL database. We've looked at slow PostgreSQL queries causing problems and have not been able to find an issue. We've also tested for the case where the PostgreSQL server is down and have not been able to create an issue. We therefor...
TOKYO and ARMONK, NY -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 03/13/07 -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced a new
emerging technology that helps blind and visually impaired people
experience streaming video and animation on the Internet. Designed at IBM's
Tokyo Research Laboratory, the new multimedia browsing accessibility tool
potentially opens a world of rich content to visually impaired people
around the world, who number more than 161 million.
The emergence of multimedia content has risen dramatically in the last two
years yet people with low or no vision have not been able to enjoy the
benefits of these advances. Screen-reading software and self-talking
browsers cannot handle multimedia applications, which are designed for
intuitive visual use. Visually impaired users cannot see multimedia
control buttons appear on a screen. In addition, the audio of a streaming
video
-- which automatically starts playing after the page is loaded --
interferes with a synthesized assistive voice from screen-reading software,
a vital assistant for visually impaired users. Furthermore, most
multimedia content operates with a mouse rather than keyboard, making it
impossible for visually impaired people to use it.
The new multimedia browsing accessibility tool offers people with visual
impairment the same multimedia control features sighted people see and
operate with a mouse. To enjoy a streaming video on video sharing
websites, for example, visually impaired people can select the "play"
button by simply pressing a predefined shortcut key to control the media
instead of roaming the content to search for buttons to control the video.
The tool also allows users to control video replay speed, volume and even
speed up the sound since to people with visual impairment, listening to the
sound streaming video offers is painfully slow.
"The new multimedia browsing accessibility tool will enable persons with
visual impairments the opportunity to access dynamic multimedia web
content, quickly and easily," said Frances West, director, IBM Human
Ability and Accessibility Center. "IBM has a long history of developing
innovative solutions for persons with disabilities, and this tool is
another example of IBM innovation that will enhance the web experience for
persons with visual impairments."
The new multimedia browsing accessibility tool can adjust the volume of an
individual source, allowing users to identify and listen to different sound
sources including screen-reading software and the sound of a video. If a
content creator wants to offer a voice narrative to a video, the new
accessibility tool provides the flexibility of utilizing the metadata,
which contains a text script explaining what is happening on screen. The
tool automatically makes adjustments to let voice guidance synchronize with
the video, even with the speed control capability.
IBM has plans to open source the new multimedia browsing accessibility tool
to accelerate the enhancement and adoption of the tool to make multimedia
contents accessible for visually impaired.
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