All around the world, especially in cities where many people work in or study technology, people highly skilled in making new concepts become real have formed communities often called “Hacker” or “maker” spaces. Motivated by a desire to change the world and to have fun working on cool technology projects, these people have created locations… Read more about Crowdsourcing Access Technology
Personal Essay
Proposed Outcomes For NFB Versus H&R Block
In April, the National Federation of the Blind filed a lawsuit against H & R Block, the AMerican tax preparation giant over their failure to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act. NFB asserts that Block, by having a CAPTCHA with no audio alternative prohibits blind people from using their web site, hence, is out… Read more about Proposed Outcomes For NFB Versus H&R Block
Screen Reader Failure: Innovation, Deterioration, Despair
Eight days ago, I wrote an article here called “The Death of Screen Reader Innovation” and posted it on Saturday July 20, 2013. For a variety of reasons I didn’t expect this article to be much of a hit. I posted the item on a Saturday, typically a slow day for traffic on this site,… Read more about Screen Reader Failure: Innovation, Deterioration, Despair
The Death Of Screen Reader Innovation
On the Monday of Thanksgiving week 2004, I walked into my St. Petersburg office for the last time as a Freedom Scientific employee. I had, at that point, been at the helm of the FS software engineering department for six years but, as Lee Hamilton, then CEO of Freedom Scientific told me that day, I… Read more about The Death Of Screen Reader Innovation
Sending Books to Prisoners
Yesterday, I learned that a friend of mine, a young woman for whom I care a real lot, was sentenced to 360 days in county jail in Florida. Today, I will follow the new Florida regulations and send her a few new books to read directly from Amazon, the only way that one can send… Read more about Sending Books to Prisoners