From ljmaher03 at outlook.com  Mon Dec  1 17:20:42 2025
From: ljmaher03 at outlook.com (Louis Maher)
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2025 17:20:42 +0000
Subject: [NFBCS] ANNOUNCEMENT: NFBCS Virtual Meeting, December 14, 2025,
 8 PM EST
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Apologies to those who may see this announcement more than once.

The National Federation of the Blind in Computer Science is presenting a Zoom meeting on how blind individuals are succeeding in careers in the field of information technology.

The Zoom meeting will take place from 8 PM through 9:30 PM Eastern Standard Time (EST), on Sunday, December 14, 2025.

Meeting Registration

To register for this meeting, go to
NFBCS Virtual Seminar Registration 2025<https://web.nfbcal.org/nfbcsvirtual.html>. The seminar registration deadline is Friday, December 12, 2025. The meeting link will be sent to registered attendees on December 13, 2025.

Program

The speakers, talk titles, and presentation descriptions are:

Speaker: Michael Forzano, (michaeldforzano at gmail.com<mailto:michaeldforzano at gmail.com>) 8:05 PM EST

Title: A Practical AI Approach For The Blind Developer

Description: The AI tools landscape changes fast - faster than any single developer can keep up with, and especially fast for blind developers who must constantly navigate accessibility challenges alongside rapid technological change. In this talk, Michael Forzano shares how he adapts to the shifting world of AI-assisted development and what actually works in practice.
Drawing from his daily workflow as a blind Senior Software Engineer working on accessibility at Amazon, Michael demonstrates how he uses AI to explore unfamiliar codebases, reason about architecture, debug problems, generate and refactor code, and work around inaccessible tools when necessary. Rather than abstract hype, this session focuses on concrete techniques, common pitfalls, and the accessibility considerations that truly matter when you rely on AI every day.

Attendees will walk away with adaptable strategies for staying effective amid rapid AI evolution, plus practical methods blind developers can use right now - regardless of which tools or models become the next big thing.

Speaker: Lewis Wood (lewislwood at gmail.com<mailto:lewislwood at gmail.com>) 8:30 PM EST

Title: VS Code Introduction (navigation, how to, accessibility, and more)

Description: Lewis Wood started in Academic Computing at Southern Illinois University of Edwardsville. 1986. (JCL, Unix, IBM 360, Cobol, Fortran, Pascal 64, Ibgener, SAS/SPSS, REXX, and more.
Jumped on Borland Turbo Pascal when it 1st came out.  I fell in love with object Oriented programming and ability to program on my IBM 286 and display graphics on my CGA monitor.
My first real job was Clipper (dBase compiled language)
I was downsized so I became independent and never looked back. I worked remotely for over 500 law firms. My final jobs/contracts were providing web hosting services.

Speakers: Brian Buhrow, Curtis Chong, Steve Jacobson, and Harry Staley (buhrow at nfbcal.org<mailto:buhrow at nfbcal.org>, chong.curtis at gmail.com<mailto:chong.curtis at gmail.com>, steve.jacobson at outlook.com<mailto:steve.jacobson at outlook.com>, and staleyh at gmail.com<mailto:staleyh at gmail.com>) 8:55 PM EST

Title: The Challenges Of Using Tools Which Are Not Blind-Accessible

Description:

Brian Buhrow has worked in IT in various capacities for more than 30 years.  His primary focus has been as a Unix/Linux system programmer/infrastructure architect and as an Internet network engineer.  He began his career working in the central IT department of the University of California at Santa Cruz where he designed and implemented their adoption of the Andrew File System, as well as designing and implementing various network services.  From there he moved to a company called Santa Cruz Operation, the makers of SCO Unix, where he designed a proprietary system for a fortune 500 company.  Next came a move to a small Internet Service Provider, ISP, where he designed, implemented, and managed the infrastructure for the back-end network services, think Web hosting, DNS, and e-mail, as well as the customer relationship management process.  Over time he expanded is knowledge of networking to include the management of the network itself, including routers, switches, cross-country circuits, and the management of the vendors who provide those circuits.

Brian also served as the chair of the NFB Research & Development Committee from 1997 until it was dissolved around 2020.  He now serves as the president of the NFB in Computer Science.

Brian is a firm believer in the NFB philosophy which says if we have training and opportunity,
we can compete with our sighted colleagues and succeed as first class citizens. That is why the
work of the NFBCS Division is so important. We need to show our students of today they can
succeed in technical fields by giving them the knowledge and tools to compete, as well as the
confidence to know they'll make it if they work hard and think creatively.  One of the ways we
give that confidence is to serve as role models for the next generation.

Curtis Chong spent more than 20 years working in information technology. He programmed his first mainframe computer in 1972, at a time when computers did not talk to the blind. As a designer/consultant at American Express Financial Services (now Ameriprise), he provided technical support for mainframe database and communications software, maintaining systems for sighted coworkers within the company. From 1997-2002, Curtis worked as the Director of Technology for the National Federation of the Blind, supporting internal information technology for the Federation and its external programs to improve nonvisual access technology and accessibility for the blind in several different areas. He then spent ten years in Iowa as Director of Field Operations for the Iowa Department for the Blind and five years as an access technology expert with the New Mexico Commission for the Blind.

Curtis Chong has served as the president of the NFB in Computer Science for more than three decades and now serves as the treasurer of that organization. Today, Curtis Chong has retired from paid employment but still performs consulting in nonvisual access technology. He
continues his work to help blind people to live the lives they want regardless of their blindness.

Steve Jacobson has worked in a number of different capacities in Information Technology for almost fifty years, after majoring in mathematics.  During that time, he has often had to deal with inaccessible and changing technologies, often before there were any kinds of legal protections.  Currently, Steve is semi-retired and works part time for 3M Company as a Data Quality Analyst.

Final Remarks Brian Buhrow 9:20 PM EST

Adjourn 9:25 PM EST

Division Registration, And Division Email List Subscription Page

To either become a registered member of the National Federation of the Blind in Computer Science, or to renew your membership, go to NFBCS Membership Registration 2026<https://web.nfbcal.org/nfbcsreg>. The dues are $5 a year per person. Dues paid in or after December 2025 will count until the end of 2026. The registration page has yet to be updated to show this early December registration date.

The "https://www.nfbnet.org/" website contains the Email/Web/FTP service of the National Federation of the Blind. The first link on the page is where you go to join or drop NFB mailing lists, as well as browse the archives. Clicking that link opens a page containing the NFB e-mail lists. Search for "NFBCS" and follow the subscription instructions.

Questions

If you have any questions, please contact Louis Maher (713-444-7838, ljmaher03 at outlook.com<mailto:ljmaher03 at outlook.com>).

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

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From ljmaher03 at outlook.com  Mon Dec  1 17:52:40 2025
From: ljmaher03 at outlook.com (Louis Maher)
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2025 17:52:40 +0000
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Apologies to those who may see this announcement more than once.

The National Federation of the Blind in Computer Science is presenting a Zoom meeting on how blind individuals are succeeding in careers in the field of information technology.

The Zoom meeting will take place from 8 PM through 9:30 PM Eastern Standard Time (EST), on Sunday, December 14, 2025.

Meeting Registration

To register for this meeting, go to
NFBCS Virtual Seminar Registration 2025<https://web.nfbcal.org/nfbcsvirtual.html>. The seminar registration deadline is Friday, December 12, 2025. The meeting link will be sent to registered attendees on December 13, 2025.

Program

The speakers, talk titles, and presentation descriptions are:

Speaker: Michael Forzano, (michaeldforzano at gmail.com<mailto:michaeldforzano at gmail.com>) 8:05 PM EST

Title: A Practical AI Approach For The Blind Developer

Description: The AI tools landscape changes fast - faster than any single developer can keep up with, and especially fast for blind developers who must constantly navigate accessibility challenges alongside rapid technological change. In this talk, Michael Forzano shares how he adapts to the shifting world of AI-assisted development and what actually works in practice.
Drawing from his daily workflow as a blind Senior Software Engineer working on accessibility at Amazon, Michael demonstrates how he uses AI to explore unfamiliar codebases, reason about architecture, debug problems, generate and refactor code, and work around inaccessible tools when necessary. Rather than abstract hype, this session focuses on concrete techniques, common pitfalls, and the accessibility considerations that truly matter when you rely on AI every day.

Attendees will walk away with adaptable strategies for staying effective amid rapid AI evolution, plus practical methods blind developers can use right now - regardless of which tools or models become the next big thing.

Speaker: Lewis Wood (lewislwood at gmail.com<mailto:lewislwood at gmail.com>) 8:30 PM EST

Title: VS Code Introduction (navigation, how to, accessibility, and more)

Description: Lewis Wood started in Academic Computing at Southern Illinois University of Edwardsville. 1986. (JCL, Unix, IBM 360, Cobol, Fortran, Pascal 64, Ibgener, SAS/SPSS, REXX, and more.
Jumped on Borland Turbo Pascal when it 1st came out.  I fell in love with object Oriented programming and ability to program on my IBM 286 and display graphics on my CGA monitor.
My first real job was Clipper (dBase compiled language)
I was downsized so I became independent and never looked back. I worked remotely for over 500 law firms. My final jobs/contracts were providing web hosting services.

Speakers: Brian Buhrow, Curtis Chong, Steve Jacobson, and Harry Staley (buhrow at nfbcal.org<mailto:buhrow at nfbcal.org>, chong.curtis at gmail.com<mailto:chong.curtis at gmail.com>, steve.jacobson at outlook.com<mailto:steve.jacobson at outlook.com>, and staleyh at gmail.com<mailto:staleyh at gmail.com>) 8:55 PM EST

Title: The Challenges Of Using Tools Which Are Not Blind-Accessible

Description:

Brian Buhrow has worked in IT in various capacities for more than 30 years.  His primary focus has been as a Unix/Linux system programmer/infrastructure architect and as an Internet network engineer.  He began his career working in the central IT department of the University of California at Santa Cruz where he designed and implemented their adoption of the Andrew File System, as well as designing and implementing various network services.  From there he moved to a company called Santa Cruz Operation, the makers of SCO Unix, where he designed a proprietary system for a fortune 500 company.  Next came a move to a small Internet Service Provider, ISP, where he designed, implemented, and managed the infrastructure for the back-end network services, think Web hosting, DNS, and e-mail, as well as the customer relationship management process.  Over time he expanded is knowledge of networking to include the management of the network itself, including routers, switches, cross-country circuits, and the management of the vendors who provide those circuits.

Brian also served as the chair of the NFB Research & Development Committee from 1997 until it was dissolved around 2020.  He now serves as the president of the NFB in Computer Science.

Brian is a firm believer in the NFB philosophy which says if we have training and opportunity,
we can compete with our sighted colleagues and succeed as first class citizens. That is why the
work of the NFBCS Division is so important. We need to show our students of today they can
succeed in technical fields by giving them the knowledge and tools to compete, as well as the
confidence to know they'll make it if they work hard and think creatively.  One of the ways we
give that confidence is to serve as role models for the next generation.

Curtis Chong spent more than 20 years working in information technology. He programmed his first mainframe computer in 1972, at a time when computers did not talk to the blind. As a designer/consultant at American Express Financial Services (now Ameriprise), he provided technical support for mainframe database and communications software, maintaining systems for sighted coworkers within the company. From 1997-2002, Curtis worked as the Director of Technology for the National Federation of the Blind, supporting internal information technology for the Federation and its external programs to improve nonvisual access technology and accessibility for the blind in several different areas. He then spent ten years in Iowa as Director of Field Operations for the Iowa Department for the Blind and five years as an access technology expert with the New Mexico Commission for the Blind.

Curtis Chong has served as the president of the NFB in Computer Science for more than three decades and now serves as the treasurer of that organization. Today, Curtis Chong has retired from paid employment but still performs consulting in nonvisual access technology. He
continues his work to help blind people to live the lives they want regardless of their blindness.

Steve Jacobson has worked in a number of different capacities in Information Technology for almost fifty years, after majoring in mathematics.  During that time, he has often had to deal with inaccessible and changing technologies, often before there were any kinds of legal protections.  Currently, Steve is semi-retired and works part time for 3M Company as a Data Quality Analyst.

Final Remarks Brian Buhrow 9:20 PM EST

Adjourn 9:25 PM EST

Division Registration, And Division Email List Subscription Page

To either become a registered member of the National Federation of the Blind in Computer Science, or to renew your membership, go to NFBCS Membership Registration 2026<https://web.nfbcal.org/nfbcsreg>. The dues are $5 a year per person. Dues paid in or after December 2025 will count until the end of 2026. The registration page has yet to be updated to show this early December registration date.

The "https://www.nfbnet.org/" website contains the Email/Web/FTP service of the National Federation of the Blind. The first link on the page is where you go to join or drop NFB mailing lists, as well as browse the archives. Clicking that link opens a page containing the NFB e-mail lists. Search for "NFBCS" and follow the subscription instructions.

Questions

If you have any questions, please contact Louis Maher (713-444-7838, ljmaher03 at outlook.com<mailto:ljmaher03 at outlook.com>).

Regards
Louis Maher
Phone: 713-444-7838
Email: ljmaher03 at outlook.com<mailto:ljmaher03 at outlook.com>

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From hunkinmarvin5 at gmail.com  Mon Dec  8 07:38:17 2025
From: hunkinmarvin5 at gmail.com (hunkinmarvin5 at gmail.com)
Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2025 18:08:17 +1030
Subject: [NFBCS] registration
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Hi, tried to register for next years online meeting, but it did not like my
mobile phone number and using the +61 and my mobile number. Would like to
register. In Adelaide, Australia, did try three browsers and had the same
issue.

Any one able to help.

Marvin.

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From ljmaher03 at outlook.com  Tue Dec  9 11:43:10 2025
From: ljmaher03 at outlook.com (Louis Maher)
Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2025 11:43:10 +0000
Subject: [NFBCS] Virtual NFBCS Meeting Program 12/14/2025
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Just a reminder.


The National Federation of the Blind in Computer Science is presenting a Zoom meeting on how blind individuals are succeeding in careers in the field of information technology.

The Zoom meeting will take place from 8 PM through 9:30 PM Eastern Standard Time (EST), on Sunday, December 14, 2025.

Zoom Information

Louis Maher is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Join Zoom Meeting

One tap mobile:              US: +13462487799,,89676957162# or +16699006833,,89676957162#

Meeting URL:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89676957162?pwd=6AGjDKgC77jaKTq01jcV0Qa9bDk6FJ.1

Meeting ID:       896 7695 7162
Passcode:           697208

Instructions for Dialing In

Dial +1 (346) 248-7799.
When prompted for a meeting ID, dial
896 7695 7162 followed by the pound sign (#).
When prompted to enter a participation ID hit the pound sign.

Program

All times will be in eastern standard time (EST).

The speakers, talk titles, and presentation descriptions are:

Seminar Introduction: Brian Buhrow (buhrow at nfbcal.org<mailto:buhrow at nfbcal.org>) 8:00 PM

Speaker: Lewis Wood (lewislwood at gmail.com<mailto:lewislwood at gmail.com>) 8:05 PM

Title: VS Code Introduction (navigation, how to, accessibility, and more)

Description: Lewis Wood started Academic Computing at Southern Illinois University of Edwardsville. 1986. (JCL, Unix, IBM 360, Cobol, Fortran, Pascal 64, Ibgener, SAS/SPSS, REXX, and more.
Jumped on Borland Turbo Pascal when it 1st came out.  I fell in love with object Oriented programming and ability to program on my IBM 286 and display graphics on my CGA monitor.
My first real job was Clipper (dBase compiled language)
I was downsized so I became independent and never looked back. I worked remotely for over 500 law firms. My final jobs/contracts were providing web hosting services.

Speaker: Michael Forzano, (michaeldforzano at gmail.com<mailto:michaeldforzano at gmail.com>) 8:30 PM

Title: A Practical AI Approach For The Blind Developer

Description: The AI tools landscape changes fast - faster than any single developer can keep up with, and especially fast for blind developers who must constantly navigate accessibility challenges alongside rapid technological change. In this talk, Michael Forzano shares how he adapts to the shifting world of AI-assisted development and what actually works in practice.
Drawing from his daily workflow as a blind Senior Software Engineer working on accessibility at Amazon, Michael demonstrates how he uses AI to explore unfamiliar codebases, reason about architecture, debug problems, generate and refactor code, and work around inaccessible tools when necessary. Rather than abstract hype, this session focuses on concrete techniques, common pitfalls, and the accessibility considerations that truly matter when you rely on AI every day.

Attendees will walk away with adaptable strategies for staying effective amid rapid AI evolution, plus practical methods blind developers can use right now - regardless of which tools or models become the next big thing.

Speakers: Brian Buhrow, Curtis Chong, Steve Jacobson, and Harry Staley (buhrow at nfbcal.org<mailto:buhrow at nfbcal.org>, chong.curtis at gmail.com<mailto:chong.curtis at gmail.com>, steve.jacobson at outlook.com<mailto:steve.jacobson at outlook.com>, and staleyh at gmail.com<mailto:staleyh at gmail.com>) 8:55 PM

Title: The Challenges Of Using Tools Which Are Not Blind-Accessible

Description:

Brian Buhrow has worked in IT in various capacities for more than 30 years.  His primary focus has been as a Unix/Linux system programmer/infrastructure architect and as an Internet network engineer.  He began his career working in the central IT department of the University of California at Santa Cruz where he designed and implemented their adoption of the Andrew File System, as well as designing and implementing various network services.  From there he moved to a company called Santa Cruz Operation, the makers of SCO Unix, where he designed a proprietary system for a fortune 500 company.  Next came a move to a small Internet Service Provider, ISP, where he designed, implemented, and managed the infrastructure for the back-end network services, think Web hosting, DNS, and e-mail, as well as the customer relationship management process.  Over time he expanded is knowledge of networking to include the management of the network itself, including routers, switches, cross-country circuits, and the management of the vendors who provide those circuits.

Brian also served as the chair of the NFB Research & Development Committee from 1997 until it was dissolved around 2020.  He now serves as the president of the NFB in Computer Science.

Brian is a firm believer in the NFB philosophy which says if we have training and opportunity, we can compete with our sighted colleagues and succeed as first class citizens. That is why the work of the NFBCS Division is so important. We need to show our students of today they can succeed in technical fields by giving them the knowledge and tools to compete, as well as the
confidence to know they'll make it if they work hard and think creatively.  One of the ways we give that confidence is to serve as role models for the next generation.

Curtis Chong spent more than 20 years working in information technology. He programmed his first mainframe computer in 1972, at a time when computers did not talk to the blind. As a designer/consultant at American Express Financial Services (now Ameriprise), he provided technical support for mainframe database and communications software, maintaining systems for sighted coworkers within the company. From 1997-2002, Curtis worked as the Director of Technology for the National Federation of the Blind, supporting internal information technology for the Federation and its external programs to improve nonvisual access technology and accessibility for the blind in several different areas. He then spent ten years in Iowa as Director of Field Operations for the Iowa Department for the Blind and five years as an access technology expert with the New Mexico Commission for the Blind.

Curtis Chong has served as the president of the NFB in Computer Science for more than three decades and now serves as the treasurer of that organization. Today, Curtis Chong has retired from paid employment but still performs consulting in nonvisual access technology. He
continues his work to help blind people to live the lives they want regardless of their blindness.

Steve Jacobson has worked in a number of different capacities in Information Technology for almost fifty years, after majoring in mathematics.  During that time, he has often had to deal with inaccessible and changing technologies, often before there were any kinds of legal protections.  Currently, Steve is semi-retired and works part time for 3M Company as a Data Quality Analyst.

Final Remarks: Brian Buhrow 9:20 PM EST

Adjourn 9:25 PM

Division Registration, And Division Email List Subscription Page

To either become a registered member of the National Federation of the Blind in Computer Science, or to renew your membership, go to NFBCS Membership Registration 2026<https://web.nfbcal.org/nfbcsreg>. The dues are $5 a year per person. Dues paid in or after December 2025 will count until the end of 2026. The registration page has yet to be updated to show this early December registration date.

The "https://www.nfbnet.org/" website contains the Email/Web/FTP service of the National Federation of the Blind. The first link on the page is where you go to join or drop NFB mailing lists, as well as browse the archives. Clicking that link opens a page containing the NFB e-mail lists. Search for "NFBCS" and follow the subscription instructions.

Questions

If you have any questions, please contact Louis Maher (713-444-7838, ljmaher03 at outlook.com<mailto:ljmaher03 at outlook.com>).
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From ljmaher03 at outlook.com  Tue Dec  9 20:53:18 2025
From: ljmaher03 at outlook.com (Louis Maher)
Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2025 20:53:18 +0000
Subject: [NFBCS] ANNOUNCEMENT: NFBCS Virtual Meeting, December 14, 2025,
 8 PM EST
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Hello,

If you are planning to attend  this seminar, please register so that we can have an accurate count of our attendance.

Thanks.
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The National Federation of the Blind in Computer Science is presenting a Zoom meeting on how blind individuals are succeeding in careers in the field of information technology.

The Zoom meeting will take place from 8 PM through 9:30 PM Eastern Standard Time (EST), on Sunday, December 14, 2025.

Meeting Registration

To register for this meeting, go to
NFBCS Virtual Seminar Registration 2025<https://web.nfbcal.org/nfbcsvirtual.html>. The seminar registration deadline is Friday, December 12, 2025. The meeting link will be sent to registered attendees on December 13, 2025.

Program

All times will be in eastern standard time (EST).

The speakers, talk titles, and presentation descriptions are:

Seminar Introduction: Brian Buhrow (buhrow at nfbcal.org) 8:00 PM

Speaker: Lewis Wood (lewislwood at gmail.com<mailto:lewislwood at gmail.com>) 8:05 PM

Title: VS Code Introduction (navigation, how to, accessibility, and more)

Description: Lewis Wood started in Academic Computing at Southern Illinois University of Edwardsville. 1986. (JCL, Unix, IBM 360, Cobol, Fortran, Pascal 64, Ibgener, SAS/SPSS, REXX, and more.
Jumped on Borland Turbo Pascal when it 1st came out.  I fell in love with object Oriented programming and ability to program on my IBM 286 and display graphics on my CGA monitor.
My first real job was Clipper (dBase compiled language)
I was downsized so I became independent and never looked back. I worked remotely for over 500 law firms. My final jobs/contracts were providing web hosting services.

Speaker: Michael Forzano, (michaeldforzano at gmail.com<mailto:michaeldforzano at gmail.com>) 8:30 PM

Title: A Practical AI Approach For The Blind Developer

Description: The AI tools landscape changes fast - faster than any single developer can keep up with, and especially fast for blind developers who must constantly navigate accessibility challenges alongside rapid technological change. In this talk, Michael Forzano shares how he adapts to the shifting world of AI-assisted development and what actually works in practice.
Drawing from his daily workflow as a blind Senior Software Engineer working on accessibility at Amazon, Michael demonstrates how he uses AI to explore unfamiliar codebases, reason about architecture, debug problems, generate and refactor code, and work around inaccessible tools when necessary. Rather than abstract hype, this session focuses on concrete techniques, common pitfalls, and the accessibility considerations that truly matter when you rely on AI every day.

Attendees will walk away with adaptable strategies for staying effective amid rapid AI evolution, plus practical methods blind developers can use right now - regardless of which tools or models become the next big thing.

Speakers: Brian Buhrow, Curtis Chong, Steve Jacobson, and Harry Staley (buhrow at nfbcal.org, chong.curtis at gmail.com, steve.jacobson at outlook.com, and staleyh at gmail.com) 8:55 PM

Title: The Challenges Of Using Tools Which Are Not Blind-Accessible

Description:

Brian Buhrow has worked in IT in various capacities for more than 30 years.  His primary focus has been as a Unix/Linux system programmer/infrastructure architect and as an Internet network engineer.  He began his career working in the central IT department of the University of California at Santa Cruz where he designed and implemented their adoption of the Andrew File System, as well as designing and implementing various network services.  From there he moved to a company called Santa Cruz Operation, the makers of SCO Unix, where he designed a proprietary system for a fortune 500 company.  Next came a move to a small Internet Service Provider, ISP, where he designed, implemented, and managed the infrastructure for the back-end network services, think Web hosting, DNS, and e-mail, as well as the customer relationship management process.  Over time he expanded is knowledge of networking to include the management of the network itself, including routers, switches, cross-country circuits, and the management of the vendors who provide those circuits.

Brian also served as the chair of the NFB Research & Development Committee from 1997 until it was dissolved around 2020.  He now serves as the president of the NFB in Computer Science.

Brian is a firm believer in the NFB philosophy which says if we have training and opportunity,
we can compete with our sighted colleagues and succeed as first class citizens. That is why the
work of the NFBCS Division is so important. We need to show our students of today they can
succeed in technical fields by giving them the knowledge and tools to compete, as well as the
confidence to know they'll make it if they work hard and think creatively.  One of the ways we
give that confidence is to serve as role models for the next generation.

Curtis Chong spent more than 20 years working in information technology. He programmed his first mainframe computer in 1972, at a time when computers did not talk to the blind. As a designer/consultant at American Express Financial Services (now Ameriprise), he provided technical support for mainframe database and communications software, maintaining systems for sighted coworkers within the company. From 1997-2002, Curtis worked as the Director of Technology for the National Federation of the Blind, supporting internal information technology for the Federation and its external programs to improve nonvisual access technology and accessibility for the blind in several different areas. He then spent ten years in Iowa as Director of Field Operations for the Iowa Department for the Blind and five years as an access technology expert with the New Mexico Commission for the Blind.

Curtis Chong has served as the president of the NFB in Computer Science for more than three decades and now serves as the treasurer of that organization. Today, Curtis Chong has retired from paid employment but still performs consulting in nonvisual access technology. He
continues his work to help blind people to live the lives they want regardless of their blindness.

Steve Jacobson has worked in a number of different capacities in Information Technology for almost fifty years, after majoring in mathematics.  During that time, he has often had to deal with inaccessible and changing technologies, often before there were any kinds of legal protections.  Currently, Steve is semi-retired and works part time for 3M Company as a Data Quality Analyst.

Final Remarks: Brian Buhrow 9:20 PM

Adjourn 9:25 PM

Division Registration, And Division Email List Subscription Page

To either become a registered member of the National Federation of the Blind in Computer Science, or to renew your membership, go to NFBCS Membership Registration 2026<https://web.nfbcal.org/nfbcsreg>. The dues are $5 a year per person. Dues paid in or after December 2025 will count until the end of 2026. The registration page has yet to be updated to show this early December registration date.

The "https://www.nfbnet.org/" website contains the Email/Web/FTP service of the National Federation of the Blind. The first link on the page is where you go to join or drop NFB mailing lists, as well as browse the archives. Clicking that link opens a page containing the NFB e-mail lists. Search for "NFBCS" and follow the subscription instructions.

Questions

If you have any questions, please contact Louis Maher (713-444-7838, ljmaher03 at outlook.com<mailto:ljmaher03 at outlook.com>).







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From ljmaher03 at outlook.com  Wed Dec 10 01:38:36 2025
From: ljmaher03 at outlook.com (Louis Maher)
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2025 01:38:36 +0000
Subject: [NFBCS] ANNOUNCEMENT: NFBCS Virtual Meeting, December 14, 2025,
 8 PM EST
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Folks,

I accidently prematurely released the December 14 Zoom link. We wanted to make sure that the seminar link would be given only to those who registered. For this reason, I have deleted the original Zoom link, and made a new one which people can get by registering for the seminar using the registration link below.

If you have already registered for the seminar, you do not have to reregister.

Apologies for my error.


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

The National Federation of the Blind in Computer Science is presenting a Zoom meeting on how blind individuals are succeeding in careers in the field of information technology.

The Zoom meeting will take place from 8 PM through 9:30 PM Eastern Standard Time (EST), on Sunday, December 14, 2025.

Meeting Registration

To register for this meeting, go to
NFBCS Virtual Seminar Registration 2025<https://web.nfbcal.org/nfbcsvirtual.html>. The seminar registration deadline is Friday, December 12, 2025. The meeting link will be sent to registered attendees on December 13, 2025.

Program

All times will be in eastern standard time (EST).

The speakers, talk titles, and presentation descriptions are:

Seminar Introduction: Brian Buhrow (buhrow at nfbcal.org<mailto:buhrow at nfbcal.org>) 8:00 PM

Speaker: Lewis Wood (lewislwood at gmail.com<mailto:lewislwood at gmail.com>) 8:05 PM

Title: VS Code Introduction (navigation, how to, accessibility, and more)

Description: Lewis Wood started in Academic Computing at Southern Illinois University of Edwardsville. 1986. (JCL, Unix, IBM 360, Cobol, Fortran, Pascal 64, Ibgener, SAS/SPSS, REXX, and more.
Jumped on Borland Turbo Pascal when it 1st came out.  I fell in love with object Oriented programming and ability to program on my IBM 286 and display graphics on my CGA monitor.
My first real job was Clipper (dBase compiled language)
I was downsized so I became independent and never looked back. I worked remotely for over 500 law firms. My final jobs/contracts were providing web hosting services.

Speaker: Michael Forzano, (michaeldforzano at gmail.com<mailto:michaeldforzano at gmail.com>) 8:30 PM

Title: A Practical AI Approach For The Blind Developer

Description: The AI tools landscape changes fast - faster than any single developer can keep up with, and especially fast for blind developers who must constantly navigate accessibility challenges alongside rapid technological change. In this talk, Michael Forzano shares how he adapts to the shifting world of AI-assisted development and what actually works in practice.
Drawing from his daily workflow as a blind Senior Software Engineer working on accessibility at Amazon, Michael demonstrates how he uses AI to explore unfamiliar codebases, reason about architecture, debug problems, generate and refactor code, and work around inaccessible tools when necessary. Rather than abstract hype, this session focuses on concrete techniques, common pitfalls, and the accessibility considerations that truly matter when you rely on AI every day.

Attendees will walk away with adaptable strategies for staying effective amid rapid AI evolution, plus practical methods blind developers can use right now - regardless of which tools or models become the next big thing.

Speakers: Brian Buhrow, Curtis Chong, Steve Jacobson, and Harry Staley (buhrow at nfbcal.org<mailto:buhrow at nfbcal.org>, chong.curtis at gmail.com<mailto:chong.curtis at gmail.com>, steve.jacobson at outlook.com<mailto:steve.jacobson at outlook.com>, and staleyh at gmail.com<mailto:staleyh at gmail.com>) 8:55 PM

Title: The Challenges Of Using Tools Which Are Not Blind-Accessible

Description:

Brian Buhrow has worked in IT in various capacities for more than 30 years.  His primary focus has been as a Unix/Linux system programmer/infrastructure architect and as an Internet network engineer.  He began his career working in the central IT department of the University of California at Santa Cruz where he designed and implemented their adoption of the Andrew File System, as well as designing and implementing various network services.  From there he moved to a company called Santa Cruz Operation, the makers of SCO Unix, where he designed a proprietary system for a fortune 500 company.  Next came a move to a small Internet Service Provider, ISP, where he designed, implemented, and managed the infrastructure for the back-end network services, think Web hosting, DNS, and e-mail, as well as the customer relationship management process.  Over time he expanded is knowledge of networking to include the management of the network itself, including routers, switches, cross-country circuits, and the management of the vendors who provide those circuits.

Brian also served as the chair of the NFB Research & Development Committee from 1997 until it was dissolved around 2020.  He now serves as the president of the NFB in Computer Science.

Brian is a firm believer in the NFB philosophy which says if we have training and opportunity,
we can compete with our sighted colleagues and succeed as first class citizens. That is why the
work of the NFBCS Division is so important. We need to show our students of today they can
succeed in technical fields by giving them the knowledge and tools to compete, as well as the
confidence to know they'll make it if they work hard and think creatively.  One of the ways we
give that confidence is to serve as role models for the next generation.

Curtis Chong spent more than 20 years working in information technology. He programmed his first mainframe computer in 1972, at a time when computers did not talk to the blind. As a designer/consultant at American Express Financial Services (now Ameriprise), he provided technical support for mainframe database and communications software, maintaining systems for sighted coworkers within the company. From 1997-2002, Curtis worked as the Director of Technology for the National Federation of the Blind, supporting internal information technology for the Federation and its external programs to improve nonvisual access technology and accessibility for the blind in several different areas. He then spent ten years in Iowa as Director of Field Operations for the Iowa Department for the Blind and five years as an access technology expert with the New Mexico Commission for the Blind.

Curtis Chong has served as the president of the NFB in Computer Science for more than three decades and now serves as the treasurer of that organization. Today, Curtis Chong has retired from paid employment but still performs consulting in nonvisual access technology. He
continues his work to help blind people to live the lives they want regardless of their blindness.

Steve Jacobson has worked in a number of different capacities in Information Technology for almost fifty years, after majoring in mathematics.  During that time, he has often had to deal with inaccessible and changing technologies, often before there were any kinds of legal protections.  Currently, Steve is semi-retired and works part time for 3M Company as a Data Quality Analyst.

Final Remarks: Brian Buhrow 9:20 PM

Adjourn 9:25 PM

Division Registration, And Division Email List Subscription Page

To either become a registered member of the National Federation of the Blind in Computer Science, or to renew your membership, go to NFBCS Membership Registration 2026<https://web.nfbcal.org/nfbcsreg>. The dues are $5 a year per person. Dues paid in or after December 2025 will count until the end of 2026. The registration page has yet to be updated to show this early December registration date.

The "https://www.nfbnet.org/" website contains the Email/Web/FTP service of the National Federation of the Blind. The first link on the page is where you go to join or drop NFB mailing lists, as well as browse the archives. Clicking that link opens a page containing the NFB e-mail lists. Search for "NFBCS" and follow the subscription instructions.

Questions

If you have any questions, please contact Louis Maher (713-444-7838, ljmaher03 at outlook.com<mailto:ljmaher03 at outlook.com>).







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From chong.curtis at gmail.com  Wed Dec 10 16:06:31 2025
From: chong.curtis at gmail.com (Curtis Chong)
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2025 09:06:31 -0700
Subject: [NFBCS] ANNOUNCEMENT: NFBCS Virtual Meeting, December 14, 2025,
 8 PM EST
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Hi Louis:

 

If you do not have to re-register, how do we get the new link? This would
imply that the old link will work regardless of whether or not a person
registered.

 

Cordially,

 

Curtis Chong

 

 

From: NFBCS <nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Louis Maher via NFBCS
Sent: Tuesday, December 9, 2025 6:39 PM
To: nfbcs at nfbnet.org
Cc: Louis Maher <ljmaher03 at outlook.com>
Subject: [NFBCS] ANNOUNCEMENT: NFBCS Virtual Meeting, December 14, 2025, 8
PM EST

 

Folks,

 

I accidently prematurely released the December 14 Zoom link. We wanted to
make sure that the seminar link would be given only to those who registered.
For this reason, I have deleted the original Zoom link, and made a new one
which people can get by registering for the seminar using the registration
link below. 

 

If you have already registered for the seminar, you do not have to
reregister.

 

Apologies for my error.

 

 

Regards

Louis Maher

Phone: 713-444-7838

Email: ljmaher03 at outlook.com <mailto:ljmaher03 at outlook.com> 

 

The National Federation of the Blind in Computer Science is presenting a
Zoom meeting on how blind individuals are succeeding in careers in the field
of information technology. 

 

The Zoom meeting will take place from 8 PM through 9:30 PM Eastern Standard
Time (EST), on Sunday, December 14, 2025.

 

Meeting Registration

 

To register for this meeting, go to  

 <https://web.nfbcal.org/nfbcsvirtual.html> NFBCS Virtual Seminar
Registration 2025. The seminar registration deadline is Friday, December 12,
2025. The meeting link will be sent to registered attendees on December 13,
2025.

 

Program

 

All times will be in eastern standard time (EST). 

 

The speakers, talk titles, and presentation descriptions are:

 

Seminar Introduction: Brian Buhrow ( <mailto:buhrow at nfbcal.org>
buhrow at nfbcal.org) 8:00 PM 

 

Speaker: Lewis Wood ( <mailto:lewislwood at gmail.com> lewislwood at gmail.com)
8:05 PM 

 

Title: VS Code Introduction (navigation, how to, accessibility, and more) 

 

Description: Lewis Wood started in Academic Computing at Southern Illinois
University of Edwardsville. 1986. (JCL, Unix, IBM 360, Cobol, Fortran,
Pascal 64, Ibgener, SAS/SPSS, REXX, and more.

Jumped on Borland Turbo Pascal when it 1st came out.  I fell in love with
object Oriented programming and ability to program on my IBM 286 and display
graphics on my CGA monitor.

My first real job was Clipper (dBase compiled language)

I was downsized so I became independent and never looked back. I worked
remotely for over 500 law firms. My final jobs/contracts were providing web
hosting services.

 

Speaker: Michael Forzano, ( <mailto:michaeldforzano at gmail.com>
michaeldforzano at gmail.com) 8:30 PM 

 

Title: A Practical AI Approach For The Blind Developer

 

Description: The AI tools landscape changes fast - faster than any single
developer can keep up with, and especially fast for blind developers who
must constantly navigate accessibility challenges alongside rapid
technological change. In this talk, Michael Forzano shares how he adapts to
the shifting world of AI-assisted development and what actually works in
practice.
Drawing from his daily workflow as a blind Senior Software Engineer working
on accessibility at Amazon, Michael demonstrates how he uses AI to explore
unfamiliar codebases, reason about architecture, debug problems, generate
and refactor code, and work around inaccessible tools when necessary. Rather
than abstract hype, this session focuses on concrete techniques, common
pitfalls, and the accessibility considerations that truly matter when you
rely on AI every day.



Attendees will walk away with adaptable strategies for staying effective
amid rapid AI evolution, plus practical methods blind developers can use
right now - regardless of which tools or models become the next big thing. 

 

Speakers: Brian Buhrow, Curtis Chong, Steve Jacobson, and Harry Staley (
<mailto:buhrow at nfbcal.org> buhrow at nfbcal.org,
<mailto:chong.curtis at gmail.com> chong.curtis at gmail.com,
<mailto:steve.jacobson at outlook.com> steve.jacobson at outlook.com, and
<mailto:staleyh at gmail.com> staleyh at gmail.com) 8:55 PM 

 

Title: The Challenges Of Using Tools Which Are Not Blind-Accessible

 

Description: 

 

Brian Buhrow has worked in IT in various capacities for more than 30 years.
His primary focus has been as a Unix/Linux system programmer/infrastructure
architect and as an Internet network engineer.  He began his career working
in the central IT department of the University of California at Santa Cruz
where he designed and implemented their adoption of the Andrew File System,
as well as designing and implementing various network services.  From there
he moved to a company called Santa Cruz Operation, the makers of SCO Unix,
where he designed a proprietary system for a fortune 500 company.  Next came
a move to a small Internet Service Provider, ISP, where he designed,
implemented, and managed the infrastructure for the back-end network
services, think Web hosting, DNS, and e-mail, as well as the customer
relationship management process.  Over time he expanded is knowledge of
networking to include the management of the network itself, including
routers, switches, cross-country circuits, and the management of the vendors
who provide those circuits.

 

Brian also served as the chair of the NFB Research & Development Committee
from 1997 until it was dissolved around 2020.  He now serves as the
president of the NFB in Computer Science.  

 

Brian is a firm believer in the NFB philosophy which says if we have
training and opportunity,

we can compete with our sighted colleagues and succeed as first class
citizens. That is why the

work of the NFBCS Division is so important. We need to show our students of
today they can

succeed in technical fields by giving them the knowledge and tools to
compete, as well as the

confidence to know they'll make it if they work hard and think creatively.
One of the ways we

give that confidence is to serve as role models for the next generation.

 

Curtis Chong spent more than 20 years working in information technology. He
programmed his first mainframe computer in 1972, at a time when computers
did not talk to the blind. As a designer/consultant at American Express
Financial Services (now Ameriprise), he provided technical support for
mainframe database and communications software, maintaining systems for
sighted coworkers within the company. From 1997-2002, Curtis worked as the
Director of Technology for the National Federation of the Blind, supporting
internal information technology for the Federation and its external programs
to improve nonvisual access technology and accessibility for the blind in
several different areas. He then spent ten years in Iowa as Director of
Field Operations for the Iowa Department for the Blind and five years as an
access technology expert with the New Mexico Commission for the Blind.

 

Curtis Chong has served as the president of the NFB in Computer Science for
more than three decades and now serves as the treasurer of that
organization. Today, Curtis Chong has retired from paid employment but still
performs consulting in nonvisual access technology. He 

continues his work to help blind people to live the lives they want
regardless of their blindness. 

 

Steve Jacobson has worked in a number of different capacities in Information
Technology for almost fifty years, after majoring in mathematics.  During
that time, he has often had to deal with inaccessible and changing
technologies, often before there were any kinds of legal protections.
Currently, Steve is semi-retired and works part time for 3M Company as a
Data Quality Analyst.

 

Final Remarks: Brian Buhrow 9:20 PM 

 

Adjourn 9:25 PM  

 

Division Registration, And Division Email List Subscription Page

 

To either become a registered member of the National Federation of the Blind
in Computer Science, or to renew your membership, go to
<https://web.nfbcal.org/nfbcsreg> NFBCS Membership Registration 2026. The
dues are $5 a year per person. Dues paid in or after December 2025 will
count until the end of 2026. The registration page has yet to be updated to
show this early December registration date.

 

The " <https://www.nfbnet.org/> https://www.nfbnet.org/" website contains
the Email/Web/FTP service of the National Federation of the Blind. The first
link on the page is where you go to join or drop NFB mailing lists, as well
as browse the archives. Clicking that link opens a page containing the NFB
e-mail lists. Search for "NFBCS" and follow the subscription instructions.

 

Questions

 

If you have any questions, please contact Louis Maher (713-444-7838,
<mailto:ljmaher03 at outlook.com> ljmaher03 at outlook.com).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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From icts4ehealth at gmail.com  Thu Dec 11 11:04:42 2025
From: icts4ehealth at gmail.com (IEEE HEAD Workshop)
Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2025 03:04:42 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [NFBCS] HEAD Workshop - Call for Contributions | Co-located with
 IEEE CCGrid 2026 | Sydney, 18-21 May 2026
Message-ID: <693aa54a.050a0220.227ff1.2b61@mx.google.com>

============================================================
[We apologize if you receive multiple copies of this CFP]
============================================================

Dear Researchers,

We are pleased to invite you to the 2nd Edition of the IEEE HEAD Workshop: Healthcare Evolution through AI and Digital Twins. We hope this Call for Papers reaches you well and sparks your interest in contributing.

Please note that the submission deadline is February 01.

Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit extended versions of their work to special issues in international journals indexed in Scopus and Web of Science.

Kind regards,
The Workshop Chairs


=======================================================
2nd Edition of IEEE HEAD Workshop - Healthcare Evolution through AI and Digital twins

Sidney, Australia, May 18-21, 2026 

https://www.head.icar.cnr.it/

in conjunction with the 26th IEEE International Symposium on Cluster, Cloud and Internet Computing (CCGrid 2026) in-cooperation with ACM SIGHPC

Submit your paper by using the link: https://easychair.org/conferences/submission_new?a=35582707

=======================================================

MISSION: 
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Global investments in ICT for healthcare (eHealth) are rapidly increasing, with the market projected to reach $123.78 billion by 2030. Digital health is gaining worldwide attention as it improves service quality and access to health information, while reducing time, workload, and costs for providers.

Technologies such as AI, Digital Twins, Cloud, Edge/Fog computing, and IoT are driving this transformation, relying on heterogeneous infrastructures that combine IoT medical devices with High-Performance Computing (HPC) backends to support advanced models and patient-specific Digital Twins.

The HEAD workshop will address open challenges in applying these technologies, fostering interdisciplinary dialogue on how HPC, distributed systems, and performance optimization can enable scalable and reliable Digital Twins in healthcare. It will highlight computing infrastructures as key enablers of future digital medicine, linking algorithmic progress with architectural and systems-level innovations.

TOPICS:
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Topics of Interest (including but not limited to): 
- AI Algorithms and Learning Frameworks for Healthcare
- Modeling and Simulation Methodologies for Healthcare
- Programming Techniques and Architectures for Healthcare
- Data Management, Analytics, and Knowledge Extraction
- ICT Infrastructure and Tools for Healthcare Digital Twins
- Cloud Computing, Edge and Fog Computing for Healthcare
- Internet of Things (IoT), Big Data, and Wearable Devices for Healthcare
- Ethical, Legal, and Societal Implications of ICT for Healthcare
- Accelerator-based architectures (GPUs, NPUs, FPGAs and DPUs) for Healthcare
- Parallel and Distributed Training and Multi-GPU/Multi-Node Execution for Healthcare Applications
- Energy-Efficient, Sustainable, and Optimization-Oriented Computing for AI in Healthcare

IMPORTANT DATES: 
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Submission deadline: February 01, 2026
- Notification of paper acceptance: February 28, 2026
- Submission of camera-ready papers: March 15, 2026 (firm)

PAPER SUBMISSION:
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Manuscripts should describe original work and should be formatted according to the IEEE conference proceedings format. Papers will be submitted through the CCGrid 2026 submission system.
Submit your paper here: https://easychair.org/conferences/submission_new?a=35582707
All submissions will undergo a rigorous peer-review process. Each paper will be reviewed by at least three members of the Technical Program Committee. Reviews will be double-blind.
Accepted papers will be published in the CCGrid 2026 workshop proceedings and will be submitted for inclusion in IEEE Xplore.

BEST PAPER AWARD:
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A Best Paper Award certificate will be conferred on the author(s) of a paper presented at the workshop, selected by the Chairs based on scientific significance, originality, and technical quality, as evaluated by the Program Committee.

**JOURNAL SPECIAL ISSUES**
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit extended versions of their work to special issues in international journals indexed by Scopus and Web of Science.

Last year, the workshop received technical sponsorship from the World Federation on Soft Computing, which offered a fast-track publication opportunity in the Applied Soft Computing journal by Elsevier (Q1 - IF: 6.6). We hope that the sponsorship will also be replicated for this edition.

From hunkinmarvin5 at gmail.com  Fri Dec 19 09:21:36 2025
From: hunkinmarvin5 at gmail.com (hunkinmarvin5 at gmail.com)
Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2025 19:51:36 +1030
Subject: [NFBCS] exporting zoom windows settings with jaws
Message-ID: <019701dc70c8$e0c18020$a2448060$@gmail.com>

Hi, I tried using the zoom web portal, but could not find the export button,
to then explort my meeting ids and passcodes. Don't want to have to do this
manually, very tedious and not sure if accessible with jaws. So has any one
done this.

Marvin.

 

Ps: using windows 11 and have the desktop app.

 

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From ljmaher03 at outlook.com  Fri Dec 26 17:45:32 2025
From: ljmaher03 at outlook.com (Louis Maher)
Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2025 17:45:32 +0000
Subject: [NFBCS] NFBCS Seminar Recording 2025-12-14
Message-ID: 
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Hello,

Activating the following link<https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/c8ynnb5gtsn2cgutokqdy/Virtual-Seminar-recording-and-program-2025-12-14.zip?rlkey=zipzs4qwugce19mq27vq8yugj&dl=1> will download a zip file containing the following files:
The readme file, the seminar program, the seminar zoom summary, and the mp3 seminar recording.

The following two links have been added to Lewis Wood's entry:

References:
Vs Code Introduction with Screen Reader
https://lewislwood.github.io/vsCode-Intro-Screen-Reader/

GitHub address:
http://github.com/lewislwood?tab=repositories





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

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From lewislwood at gmail.com  Fri Dec 26 19:35:01 2025
From: lewislwood at gmail.com (Lewis Wood)
Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2025 13:35:01 -0600
Subject: [NFBCS] vs code presentation
Message-ID: <015a01dc769e$ba5f4b70$2f1de250$@gmail.com>

Regarding NFB CS Presentation.

 

The repository listed is not the running github page, so it will require
knowledge on how to find it.  Also the same goes for the /?tab=repositories
you will need knowledge on repositories.

 

Below is a like to my running website that gives you all those links and
allows you to download every mp3 and links directly to the github hosted
version of the tutorial which has a player built in.

http://nfbcs.lewislwood.com

 

You will find a combobox with 4 articles I wrote and links to the material I
used in the presentation.

 

For those desiring on how to integrate a markdown into their workflow you
can download the repository for the presentation. It is on github.

 

Also the the Walkthrough gives you the very files I used in the discussion
as well as the stuff I did not get to.

 

The demo api was built for testing on thunder client and the react app was
for connecting to the api and displaying.

 

The react and the expressjs api were kept quite simple for beginners new to
programming.

 

They are in API & Client folders respectively:

 

API is at http://nfbcsapi.lewislwood.com

Routes: /  is welcome to articles 

    /articles   "Returns all articles available

  /article/#   "returns the article json object currently 1 to 4

 

Feel free to clone or do whatever you want with it.

 

Lewis Wood

lewislwood at gmail.com <mailto:lewislwood at gmail.com> 

 

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From ljmaher03 at outlook.com  Fri Dec 26 20:48:37 2025
From: ljmaher03 at outlook.com (Louis Maher)
Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2025 20:48:37 +0000
Subject: [NFBCS] NFBCS Seminar Link Update
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Hello NFBCS email list members,

Lewis Wood had an additional note for his VS Code presentation. The new seminar material link is "https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/yblboslnvwddk32vm0h75/Virtual-Seminar-recording-and-program-2025-12-14.zip?rlkey=t4xnrd507qggbqwhc02tjjqjh&dl=1".


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From chong.curtis at gmail.com  Mon Dec 29 02:23:30 2025
From: chong.curtis at gmail.com (Curtis Chong)
Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2025 19:23:30 -0700
Subject: [NFBCS] Using Adobe Acrobat with JAWS to Fill in an Accessible PDF
 Form
References: <001901dc7837$27546910$75fd3b30$@gmail.com> 
Message-ID: <000401dc786a$20666440$61332cc0$@gmail.com>

I submitted the following bug report to access at adobe.com. Wondering if
anyone using Adobe Acrobat is encountering a problem similar to mine.

 

From: Curtis Chong <chong.curtis at gmail.com> 
Sent: Sunday, December 28, 2025 1:19 PM
To: access at adobe.com
Subject: Using Adobe Acrobat with JAWS to Fill in an Accessible PDF Form

 

Greetings and felicitations:

 

My name is Curtis Chong. I am blind. I routinely use the JAWS screen reader
and Adobe Acrobat to read and (when necessary) fill out PDF forms. I do not,
however, fill out PDF forms every time I choose to update the Adobe Acrobat
software.

 

I give you this information as a matter of full disclosure and additionally
to report an editing problem I have noticed of late with the latest Adobe
Acrobat software and JAWS version 2026. To be specific, I am running JAWS
2026 on a Windows 11 25H2 system, and the version of Adobe Acrobat I am
running is Continuous Release | Version 2025.001.20997 | 64-bit.

 

Attached please find a PDF form which is used for voters in Colorado to
register to vote. If you can't accept attachments, here is the direct
download link to the form:
https://www.coloradosos.gov/pubs/elections/NVRA/files/COVoterRegistrationAge
ncy.pdf.

 


The Problem


 

In JAWS, I use Manual Forms Mode. Consider the field in the attached file
where one enters a last name. When I type in my last name, "Chong," I am not
able to verify what I typed using the traditional cursor movement
keys--left/right arrow. I must necessarily press F6 then Shift F6 to shift
focus back to the edit field and, in so doing, have Forms Mode turned off.
This is not the behavior that a screen reader user should experience when
filling out a supposedly accessible PDF form.

 

What should happen when I activate Forms Mode in the appropriate edit field
is that I can review and edit the contents of the field and then Tab to the
next field if necessary.

 

If necessary, I can be reached by phone at +1-515-306-1654 if you are
interested in discussing this issue. I look forward to your help and thank
you in advance for your attention to this email.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Curtis Chong

 

Email: chong.curtis at gmail.com

Phone: +1-515-306-1654.

 

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From hunkinmarvin5 at gmail.com  Mon Dec 29 02:32:47 2025
From: hunkinmarvin5 at gmail.com (hunkinmarvin5 at gmail.com)
Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2025 13:02:47 +1030
Subject: [NFBCS] dropbox file for employment webenar
Message-ID: <007501dc786b$6d0acb50$472061f0$@gmail.com>

Hi, when I then tried to click on the drop box link to download the
presentation from last month, said file was already deleted. Can maybe
kirtus can then reupload.

Thanks/

Marvin from seaford rise, south Australia, Australia.

 

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From dgl at dlee.org  Mon Dec 29 02:34:17 2025
From: dgl at dlee.org (Doug Lee)
Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2025 21:34:17 -0500
Subject: [NFBCS] Using Adobe Acrobat with JAWS to Fill in an Accessible
 PDF Form
In-Reply-To: <000401dc786a$20666440$61332cc0$@gmail.com>
References: <001901dc7837$27546910$75fd3b30$@gmail.com>
 <000401dc786a$20666440$61332cc0$@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <axw7n3fwgmmgysfkmabggg4ns3s37lsxa3q4shckouiy4ovg6j@mtshejhikvvr>

Probably preaching to the choir here, but just in case...

If you get no answer after a reasonable post-holiday wait, I suggest resending without any attachments at all, in case their mail gateway blocks the entire message with an attachment rather than just stripping out the attachment itself.

On Sun, Dec 28, 2025 at 07:23:30PM -0700, Curtis Chong via NFBCS wrote:
   I submitted the following bug report to access at adobe.com. Wondering if
   anyone using Adobe Acrobat is encountering a problem similar to mine.


   From: Curtis Chong <chong.curtis at gmail.com>
   Sent: Sunday, December 28, 2025 1:19 PM
   To: access at adobe.com
   Subject: Using Adobe Acrobat with JAWS to Fill in an Accessible PDF
   Form


   Greetings and felicitations:


   My name is Curtis Chong. I am blind. I routinely use the JAWS screen
   reader and Adobe Acrobat to read and (when necessary) fill out PDF
   forms. I do not, however, fill out PDF forms every time I choose to
   update the Adobe Acrobat software.


   I give you this information as a matter of full disclosure and
   additionally to report an editing problem I have noticed of late with
   the latest Adobe Acrobat software and JAWS version 2026. To be
   specific, I am running JAWS 2026 on a Windows 11 25H2 system, and the
   version of Adobe Acrobat I am running is Continuous Release | Version
   2025.001.20997 | 64-bit.


   Attached please find a PDF form which is used for voters in Colorado to
   register to vote. If you can’t accept attachments, here is the direct
   download link to the form:
   [1]https://www.coloradosos.gov/pubs/elections/NVRA/files/COVoterRegistr
   ationAgency.pdf.


The Problem


   In JAWS, I use Manual Forms Mode. Consider the field in the attached
   file where one enters a last name. When I type in my last name,
   “Chong,” I am not able to verify what I typed using the traditional
   cursor movement keys--left/right arrow. I must necessarily press F6
   then Shift F6 to shift focus back to the edit field and, in so doing,
   have Forms Mode turned off. This is not the behavior that a screen
   reader user should experience when filling out a supposedly accessible
   PDF form.


   What should happen when I activate Forms Mode in the appropriate edit
   field is that I can review and edit the contents of the field and then
   Tab to the next field if necessary.


   If necessary, I can be reached by phone at +1-515-306-1654 if you are
   interested in discussing this issue. I look forward to your help and
   thank you in advance for your attention to this email.


   Yours sincerely,


   Curtis Chong


   Email: chong.curtis at gmail.com

   Phone: +1-515-306-1654.

References

   1. https://www.coloradosos.gov/pubs/elections/NVRA/files/COVoterRegistrationAgency.pdf

Colorado Voter Registration Form Instructions
Register to vote
How to return this form
Find your county clerk and
recorder’s contact information at
GoVoteColorado.gov. Submit your
voter registration form to them:
• By mail
• By email
• In person
Or you can submit it by mail to:​
Colorado Department of State​
Elections Division 1700 Broadway,
Suite 550 Denver, CO 80290.

Questions?
Contact your county clerk and
recorder: GoVoteColorado.gov.
Contact the Secretary of State:
• Phone: 303-894-2200
• Fax: 303-869-4861
• Email: State.ElectionDivision@
coloradosos.gov
Check your registration status:​
GoVoteColorado.gov on the page
“Find My Registration”

I have been arrested or convicted
of a crime
You can vote if you are:
• On probation for either a
misdemeanor or felony
• A pretrial detainee awaiting trial
• Currently in jail serving a
misdemeanor sentence only
• No longer serving a term of
imprisonment due to a felony
conviction.

I am between 15 and 17 years old
You can pre-register to vote in
Colorado. Once you turn 18 years
old, you can vote.

Use this form to register to vote in
elections in Colorado or update your
name, address, or political party
Register online
Save time.
Register online at
GoVoteColorado.gov.

Scan me

Are you eligible to register to vote?
Eligibility requirements
To be eligible to register to vote in
Colorado you must be:
• A United States citizen
• A Colorado resident for at least
22 days before the election you
intend to vote in
• Not currently serving a term
of imprisonment for a felony
conviction
• At least 15 years old. But, you
won’t be eligible to vote until you
are 18 years old.

If you were incarcerated due to
a felony conviction, you must re­
register to vote.

Form FAQ
Which ID do I have to provide?
If you have a Colorado Driver’s
License or Colorado ID card, you
must provide that number.
If you don’t have a Colorado Driver’s
License or Colorado ID card, you can
provide the last 4 digits of your SSN.
If you don’t have a Colorado Driver’s
License, Colorado ID card, or SSN,
check the box. You may be required
to provide an acceptable ID from the
list on GoVoteColorado.gov.

Which address do I have to provide?
You must provide the address
where you currently live. If you have
another address where you receive
mail or if you want to receive your
ballot at another address, you must
provide those addresses too.
Why do you ask for my email?
We ask for your email in case
we have a question about your
application or ballot, and so we can
email you about upcoming elections.
Your email is confidential.
Your ballot and other election mail
will still be sent by regular mail.

What information is in the
public record?
We don’t share your sensitive
information including your social
security number, driver’s license
number, month and day of birth,
signature, and email.
But, the other information on your
application is public as required by
law. You may be eligible to keep
more of your voter information
private. For details contact your
county clerk and recorder.

Colorado Voter Registration Form Instructions
What happens next?
Thank you for registering to
vote or updating your voter
registration!
I am registering to vote for the
first time in Colorado
We will process your
application within 2 weeks of
receiving it. We will mail you an
official information card about
20 days after we receive your
registration.
I am updating my Colorado
voter registration record
You can check your status on
the website GoVoteColorado.
gov on the page “Find My
Registration”.
I am between 15 and 17 years
old and pre-registering to vote
We will mail you an official
information card about 20
days after we receive your
registration. You can check
your status once you turn 18
years old.
Do I need ID to vote?
If you are voting by mail for
the first time, you may need to
provide a photocopy of your ID.
If you vote in person, you must
show ID to vote. Find a list
of acceptable forms of ID at
GoVoteColorado.gov.

What if I want to vote by mail?
All Colorado registered voters
automatically receive ballots
by mail.
To vote by mail in the next
election, we must receive this
application at least 8 days
before Election Day. If we don’t
receive this application at least
8 days before Election Day,
then you must vote in person.
In every election after that, you
will receive a ballot by mail.
What if I want to vote
in person?
You can choose to vote in
person at your county Voter
Service and Polling Center in
your county.
All voters who vote in person
must provide ID. While
there are many forms of
acceptable ID, most voters
find it convenient to bring
their Colorado driver’s license
or Colorado ID. A Colorado
ID is available at no cost to
those who are eligible. Find
the full list of acceptable ID
at GoVoteColorado.gov. For
more information on obtaining
a Colorado ID, please contact
the Colorado Department
of Revenue.

If I’m unaffiliated, can I vote in
the primary election?
Yes. Unaffiliated voters are
eligible to vote in the primary
election. You can only vote in 1
party’s primary election.
If I’m unaffiliated, can I
participate in a party’s
caucus meeting?
No. To participate in a party
caucus meeting you must
join that party before the
party’s caucus. However, you
are still eligible to vote in any
participating party’s primary
election.

Page 1/2

Colorado Voter Registration Form - Agency
1. Eligibility

Required
Birthdate (Not today’s date)

Are you a US citizen?
Yes
No
If you answer no, do not complete this form

AND

2. Name

Required

Month

Provide your current legal name

Last name

Day

First name

3. Identification

See instructions

Year

Middle name

Suffix

Required

CO driver’s license or ID card

Last 4 digits of your SSN

OR

XXX XX

4. The address where you currently live in Colorado
Address

Unit #

No P.O. boxes

OR

I don’t have
a CO driver’s
license, ID card,
or SS card

Required

City or Town

CO County

Zip

I’m unhoused. This is the address I regularly return to. (Provide your mailing address in section 5)

5. The address where you currently receive mail
Same as
section 4

Address

See instructions
Unit #

6. The address where you want to receive your ballot
Same as section 4

Same as section 5

Address

City or Town

State

Zip

State

Zip

See instructions

Another address:
Unit #

City or Town

7. Declaration If you are unable to sign, make a mark and have a witness sign page 2

Required

WARNING: It is a Class 1 misdemeanor to swear or affirm falsely to your qualifications to register to vote.
I affirm that
• I am a citizen of the United States
• I have been a resident of Colorado for at least twenty-two days immediately before an election I intend to vote in
• I am at least 15 years old; and I understand that I must be at least 18 to be eligible to vote in any election.
I further affirm that the residence address I provided is my sole legal place of residence. I certify under penalty of
perjury that the information I have provided on this application is true to the best of my knowledge and belief; and
that I have not, nor will I, cast more than one ballot in any election.
Voter, sign or mark here with a pen

X

Date

Complete the form on page 2

Page 2/2

Colorado Voter Registration Form - Agency
8. Political affiliation
Party

Unaffiliated
Forward
Green
Libertarian
No Labels

American Constitution
Approval Voting
Center
Democratic

Republican
Unity

OR

I do not want to be affiliated
with a political party

9. Information about you In case we have a question about your application or ballot
Phone number with area code
Gender identity

Female

Email
Male

X

Prefer not to say

I would like to be an election judge

10. Updating your record?
I’m registering in Colorado for the first time
OR
I’m updating my home address

I’m updating my legal name

I’m updating my party affiliation

Previous home address

Previous legal name

Previous party affiliation

I’m no longer overseas

I’m no longer absent from Colorado due to military service

11. Witness signature

If you are unable to sign, have a witness complete this section

If the voter is unable to sign and you witnessed the voter make their mark on the front of this form, sign this section.
Witness, sign here with a pen

X

Date

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From chong.curtis at gmail.com  Mon Dec 29 17:11:22 2025
From: chong.curtis at gmail.com (Curtis Chong)
Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2025 10:11:22 -0700
Subject: [NFBCS] Using Adobe Acrobat with JAWS to Fill in an Accessible PDF
 Form
In-Reply-To: <000401dc786a$20666440$61332cc0$@gmail.com>
References: <001901dc7837$27546910$75fd3b30$@gmail.com>
  <000401dc786a$20666440$61332cc0$@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <004b01dc78e6$2871a560$7954f020$@gmail.com>

Greetings:

 

Freedom Scientific acknowledges the problem and has also suggested filling
out the PDF form using Firefox. I tried this and was surprised to find that
it actually worked!

 

Happy New Year to everyone!

 

Cordially,

 

Curtis Chong

 

 

From: Curtis Chong <chong.curtis at gmail.com> 
Sent: Sunday, December 28, 2025 7:24 PM
To: 'NFB in Computer Science Mailing List' <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Using Adobe Acrobat with JAWS to Fill in an Accessible PDF Form

 

I submitted the following bug report to access at adobe.com
<mailto:access at adobe.com> . Wondering if anyone using Adobe Acrobat is
encountering a problem similar to mine.

 

From: Curtis Chong <chong.curtis at gmail.com <mailto:chong.curtis at gmail.com> >

Sent: Sunday, December 28, 2025 1:19 PM
To: access at adobe.com <mailto:access at adobe.com> 
Subject: Using Adobe Acrobat with JAWS to Fill in an Accessible PDF Form

 

Greetings and felicitations:

 

My name is Curtis Chong. I am blind. I routinely use the JAWS screen reader
and Adobe Acrobat to read and (when necessary) fill out PDF forms. I do not,
however, fill out PDF forms every time I choose to update the Adobe Acrobat
software.

 

I give you this information as a matter of full disclosure and additionally
to report an editing problem I have noticed of late with the latest Adobe
Acrobat software and JAWS version 2026. To be specific, I am running JAWS
2026 on a Windows 11 25H2 system, and the version of Adobe Acrobat I am
running is Continuous Release | Version 2025.001.20997 | 64-bit.

 

Attached please find a PDF form which is used for voters in Colorado to
register to vote. If you can't accept attachments, here is the direct
download link to the form:
https://www.coloradosos.gov/pubs/elections/NVRA/files/COVoterRegistrationAge
ncy.pdf.

 


The Problem


 

In JAWS, I use Manual Forms Mode. Consider the field in the attached file
where one enters a last name. When I type in my last name, "Chong," I am not
able to verify what I typed using the traditional cursor movement
keys--left/right arrow. I must necessarily press F6 then Shift F6 to shift
focus back to the edit field and, in so doing, have Forms Mode turned off.
This is not the behavior that a screen reader user should experience when
filling out a supposedly accessible PDF form.

 

What should happen when I activate Forms Mode in the appropriate edit field
is that I can review and edit the contents of the field and then Tab to the
next field if necessary.

 

If necessary, I can be reached by phone at +1-515-306-1654 if you are
interested in discussing this issue. I look forward to your help and thank
you in advance for your attention to this email.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Curtis Chong

 

Email: chong.curtis at gmail.com <mailto:chong.curtis at gmail.com> 

Phone: +1-515-306-1654.

 

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From: nancy.l.coffman at gmail.com (Nancy Coffman)
Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2025 18:46:47 -0600
Subject: [NFBCS] Using Adobe Acrobat with JAWS to Fill in an Accessible
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