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A Cast Of Thousands

September 8, 2017 by Chris Hofstader 6 Comments

Introduction Last month James “Jamie” Teh announced he would be leaving NVAccess, an organization he co-founded with Mick Curren to create, improve and maintain NVDA, the screen reader used by an estimated 40% of blind people on the Windows platform. Almost immediately, I started receiving Twitter direct messages (DMs) and emails asking what I thought… Read more about A Cast Of Thousands

Filed Under: Announcements, Technology Review Tagged With: FLOSS, Free Software, Freedom Scientific, Jamie Teh, NVAccess, NVDA, VFO

Two Deaths

August 25, 2015 by chris.admin 3 Comments

Introduction I rarely write anything too personal on this blog anymore. I did articles about my life when I wrote BlindConfidential but I’ve grown a bit more private and don’t live in an entirely “open source” manner any longer. I enjoyed sharing some tidbits of my reality back then but haven’t the time or energy… Read more about Two Deaths

Filed Under: Personal Essay Tagged With: a11y, Accessibility, Bill Acker, FLOSS, Free Software, Freedom Scientific, GNU, Hacking, Henter-Joyce, Joe Simparosa

Deque Opens Up

July 14, 2015 by Chris Hofstader 2 Comments

Introduction When it comes to accessibility, I live in a world of cognitive dissonance. On one hand, based both in objective measures and in my own use cases, I am compelled to admit that, as of this writing, Apple, especially on iOS, is the “best” provider of out-of-the-box accessibility. At the same time, as I… Read more about Deque Opens Up

Filed Under: Announcements, Technology Review Tagged With: a11y, Accessibility, automated web accessibility test tools, Deque Systems, FLOSS, Open Source

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