Internet Cafe Opens for Disabled Users
December 15, 2006
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)
(AP) -- The Good Bytes Cafe has stained concrete floors, jars of scones and a small bank of computers in the corner, making it much like any Internet cafe.
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