[nfbcs] Looking for engineers who are deaf/blind

John J. Boyer john.boyer at abilitiessoft.org
Mon Oct 3 21:36:10 UTC 2016


FYI. I'm the software engineer who did the initial development of 
liblouis. I 
am completely deaf and completely blind. I use a Braille display. On 
Windows I use NVDA. Or Linux I use BRLTTY.

John

On Mon, Oct 03, 2016 at 11:27:54AM -0500, Greg Kearney via nfbcs wrote:
> John Boyer at the University of Wisconsin comes to mind.
> 
> Greg
> > On Oct 3, 2016, at 11:15 AM, Jim Portillo via nfbcs <nfbcs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> > 
> > Hi everyone,
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Does anyone know how to get in touch with John Miller or anyone else in the
> > Science and Engineering division?
> > 
> > I'm doing a bit of networking for someone who is interesting in connecting
> > with an engineer.Preferably one who happens to be deaf/blind.
> > 
> > This person has Usher's Syndrome, and the blindness aspect is fairly new to
> > him.  His hearing loss is somewhere between mild and severe, and he's got
> > tinnitus that he's dealing with as well.  He graduated from college as an
> > engineer but isn't sure how he can do the job now with his double issues.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Anyway, if anyone can direct me to John Miller or anyone in the Science and
> > Engineering division, I'd appreciate it.
> > 
> > Jim
> > 
> > 
> > 
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