[BlindTlk] introducing myself

[Devin Prater]

Even though I prefer to interact with my tech myself instead of speaking to
it, well besides simple use cases, I do applaud your overcoming your fear
and making an entire app. I'm using Codecademy to learn Python, and they're
actually taking accessibility seriously!
Devin Prater
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On Fri, Sep 18, 2020 at 7:21 AM Ryan Mann via BlindTlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
wrote:

> It is kool that you know how to develop smart phone apps.  I have been
> using the tutorials on hackingwithswift.com to learn about developing
> iPhone apps.
>
> Get Outlook for iOS<https://aka.ms/o0ukef>
> ________________________________
> From: PRAMIT BHARGAVA <pramit.vision at gmail.com>
> Sent: Friday, September 18, 2020 2:14:31 AM
> To: Blind Talk Mailing List <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Ryan Mann <rmann0581 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [BlindTlk] introducing myself
>
> Hello Ryan,
>
> I am also an avid listener of audiobooks. I would also love to share my
> story & about my profession. I had been steadily losing vision and realized
> six years back that I just cannot read anything at all. Even though I have
> worked for over 20 years with large multinational companies (Unilevers,
> Motorolla, Quest Diagnostics) this loss of vision dealt a huge blow to my
> confidence. I was sitting at home for nearly 2.5 years just being very
> unsure if I would still have the capability or the skill to perform a job.
> When I started my consulting assignment within a week, I realized that this
> fear/lack of confidence was purely in my mind & in reality I could
> independently handle 95% of what I could do earlier with a better vision.
> Having won over the fears in my mind, the upshot is that today I'm running
> a Tech Start-Up and building the App for Visually Impaired people. I have
> built a voice app which can take voice commands and do each and everything
> within supported Apps (WhatsApp, YouTube, Uber Booking, Managing Contacts,
> Phone Calls). I'm happy to share the Link of the App Video (Louie Voice
> Control) https://youtu.be/F0-y7087Kzg
> I'm doing so in the hope that many in the community could try out the App
> and help me with their suggestions on how to improve it further. P.S. I
> have Macular Degeneration
>
> Regards,
> Pramit
>
> On Wed, Sep 16, 2020 at 10:11 PM Ryan Mann via BlindTlk <
> blindtlk at nfbnet.org<mailto:blindtlk at nfbnet.org>> wrote:
> Hello.  I just subscribed today.  In my free time, I like listening to
> music, listening to audio books, swimming and dabbling into programming
> languages.  For a living, I work as an assistive technology instructor.  I
> have a side business of doing technical support.  I can help with PC's,
> Apple devices and echo devices.  I also just started a blog where I will
> post about technology.  Right now, I just have one post about using an
> Orbit
> Braille display, but I will have more posts soon.  In fact, I may post
> about
> the new IOS update that is being released today.  The link to the blog is:
>
> https://technologyisawesome.com
>
>
>
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