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NVDA

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

Screen Reader Market Figures: My Analysis Of WebAIM Survey #6

September 15, 2015 by chris.admin 4 Comments

Introduction Since 2009, WebAIM, a consulting company with a focus on Internet accessibility, has published an approximately annual report detailing the results of a survey they conduct regarding screen reader marketshare and the preferences of screen reader users. Recently, WebAIM published its “Screen Reader Survey #6 Results and I found the information compelling. As a… Read more about Screen Reader Market Figures: My Analysis Of WebAIM Survey #6

Filed Under: Technology Review Tagged With: a11y, Accessibility, Analysis, JAWS, Marketshare, NVDA, Screen Reader, VoiceOver, WebAIM, Window-Eyes

What Did I Just Agree To?

April 28, 2015 by Chris Hofstader 25 Comments

Introduction A few of weeks ago, as I do most days while not traveling (I am writing this article on a train from Manchester, England to Edinburgh, Scotland), I was hanging out on TeamTalk with our usual crowd of blind hackers, technology freaks and other friends who join us on occasion. That day, one of… Read more about What Did I Just Agree To?

Filed Under: Technology Review Tagged With: EULA, Freedom Scientific, GPL, JAWS, Legality, NVDA

Anarchy, Leadership and NVDA

March 17, 2015 by Chris Hofstader 13 Comments

Introduction When I first met Richard Stallman, he described his philosophy as “information anarchism” and explained his vision for a future of free software in which individuals and corporations voluntarily donate money to support the programmers bringing them free, libre and open source technologies. Stallman’s dream has been the NVDA reality for many years now…. Read more about Anarchy, Leadership and NVDA

Filed Under: Technology Review Tagged With: a11y, Accessibility, Anarchism, Free Software, Freedom Scientific, Leadership, NVDA, NVDA Remote Access

NVDA Remote Access

March 10, 2015 by Chris Hofstader 24 Comments

Introduction Back in December, I wrote an article called, “2014 In Review And Predictions For 2015” in which I somewhat disingenuously predict that this will be a big year for NVDA. I say “disingenuously” not because I don’t think this is true but, rather, because I had a lot of insider knowledge about some of… Read more about NVDA Remote Access

Filed Under: Announcements, Technology Review Tagged With: a11y, Accessibility, Free Software, JAWS, NVDA, NVDA RA, Remote Access

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