[NFB-Science] Contact at Apple or Freedom Scientific

[Nathanael T. Wales]

Jillian,

Thank you for reaching out. Louis has made some great suggestions, including
encouraging you to consider NVDA which is open source.

And to answer your question about JAWS...YES! One of the principal
developers was Ted Henter, who is blind. Feel free to start by checking
Google or Wikipedia. Also, members of this division may have more
institutional memory than I. And a good fellow STEM person also to reach out
to is Gary Wunder, who was a wonderful mentor to me when I was a National
Scholarship winner; you can e-mail him at gwunder at nfb.org. He himself was a
computer programmer during that time period and beyond.

Not so sure about the more modern Apple itself...

Best,
Nathanael Wales


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Hello,

For Vispero (JAWS) call 1-800-444-4443 and ask for Eric Damery.  Eric has
been with the company almost since its beginning. Or, contact the training
department		training at vispero.com.

Do not forget the Non-Visual Desktop Access program
(https://www.nvaccess.org/).



Regards
Louis Maher
Phone: 713-444-7838
E-mail: ljmaher03 at outlook.com

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Subject: [NFB-Science] Contact at Apple or Freedom Scientific

Hello,

 

I am writing a college thesis paper about how technologies like VoiceOver,
JAWS, and Siri have affected the identities of blind people. I was curious
if anyone had a contact at Apple or Freedom Scientific?

 

If so, can you provide me with their email? I am interested in knowing how
the blind community was involved in the testing of these products. Were
there any blind developers (UX designers, engineers, or coders) involved in
the process of making screen readers?

 

Thank you,

Jillian Milton

2020 NFB Scholarship Winner

 
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