Internet Cafe Opens for Disabled Users

Elijah Breault, left, receives instruction from Tammy Deininger at Good Bytes Cafe in San Antonio, Friday, Dec. 15, 2006. Goodwill Industries opened the Internet cafe for disabled users Friday, featuring computers with a joystick mouse, magnifying software and technology allowing people to point and click with eye movements. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) (Eric Gay - AP)

Two computers are outfitted with magnifying and reading software.

Another PC allows users with no physical mobility to control a mouse with the movement of their eyes. The mouse follows their gaze and clicks when they blink.

Another computer at the cafe allows those with limited mobility to stick a silver dot to their nose or glasses. A screen-mounted reader recognizes the dot's movement, and the user can navigate and type with it.

Leticia Rodriguez, who is deaf, attended the opening Friday and was playing with the silver-dot navigator.

"This is absolutely awesome," she said through a sign-language translator. "It's wonderful for people with other disabilities, and I think it's about time."

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Goodwill Industries of San Antonio: http://www.goodwillsa.org/