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Ability Magazine

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My Name is Paul Albano, I'm with Canon USA

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At Canon we are driven by the corporate[br]philosofy of "kyousei"

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which means living and working together[br]for the common good.

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That philosophy drives all of our activities[br]at Canon

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from the way in which we design our products

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to our relationships with our customers[br]and communities in which we operate in

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as well as our management structure.

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At Canon we strive to design technology[br]that's accessible to the widest range of users

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regardless of their abilities.

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In our office equipment environment, [br]we strive to design technology and solutions

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that will allow people to do their work[br]with great ease of use and great efficiency

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so that technology can be enjoyed and used[br]by people of all abilities.

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Our founder, Dr. Mitarai, shortly after[br]we introduced our first camera

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we introduced the world's first[br]indirect X-ray camera

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which is used to help diagnose[br]certain diseases such as tuberculosis

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In the 1970's we were actually a distributor[br]of certain accessibility products

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We actually manufactured a product called[br]"Cannon Communicator"

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and we were a distributor of a product called[br]the "Optacon".

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Today we're designing multifunctional[br]office equipment

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that will allow people to perform their[br]daily work much more easily and efficiently

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and by removing many of the common[br]barriers that they may experience

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from office products.

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For example, UI screens, which do not have[br]any tactile markings or indications

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are able to now provide access[br]to the user interface using things such as

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voice guidance or voice navigation.

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We're able to apply things such as[br]red label kits to our products

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which help folks with low vision to[br]identify key components of the system.

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Most of our machines also can work[br]or integrate with screen readers

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and screen magnification software[br]so many of many device drivers

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and utilities can be accessed from a[br]remote location, from a desktop.

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So these are just some examples[br]of how we strive to make

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our technology accessible for people in an[br]office setting,

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allow people to do their work[br]much more independently.