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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 philosophy of "Kyousei"
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which means "living and working
together for the common good".
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That philosophy drives all
of our activities 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
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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
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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,
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we strive to design
technology and solutions
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that will allow people
to do their work
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with great ease of use
and great efficiency
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so that technology
can be enjoyed
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and used by people
of all abilities.
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Our founder, Dr. Mitarai,
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shortly after we introduced
our first camera
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we introduced the world's first
indirect X-ray camera
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which is used
to help diagnose
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certain diseases
such as tuberculosis
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In the 1970's we were
actually a distributor
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of certain accessibility products
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We actually manufactured a product called
"Cannon Communicator"
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and we were a distributor
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of a product called
the "Optacon".
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Today we're designing
multifunctional office equipment
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that will allow people
to perform their daily work
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much more easily
and efficiently
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and by removing many
of the common barriers
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that they may experience
from office products.
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For example, UI screens, which do not have
any tactile markings or indications
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are able to now provide access
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
red label kits to our products
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which help folks with low vision to
identify key components of the system.
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Most of our machines also can work
or integrate with screen readers
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and screen magnification software
so many of many device drivers
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and utilities can be accessed from a
remote location, from a desktop.
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So these are just some examples
of how we strive to make
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our technology accessible for people in an
office setting,
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allow people to do their work
much more independently.
ABILITY Magazine