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Remembering GW Micro

May 13, 2014 by Chris Hofstader 5 Comments

Introduction Over the past few weeks, those of us who follow such things have heard two major announcements from GW Micro, the first announcing that they had decided to start selling consulting services and the second announcing that they had been acquired by AI Squared, the Vermont based publishers of the market dominant low vision… Read more about Remembering GW Micro

Filed Under: Personal Essay Tagged With: Access Technology, Freedom Scientific, GW Micro, Henter-Joyce, JAWS, NVDA, Rant, Window-Eyes

Testing Android Accessibility: I Give Up

January 9, 2014 by Chris Hofstader 21 Comments

A few months ago, a friend of mine who prefers Android accessibility to that available from Apple on its iOS devices, sold me a Google Nexus/7 tablet so I could try it out and, perhaps, write an article about its accessibility. Since early October,, I’ve tried to use the Nexus/7 to perform the same tasks… Read more about Testing Android Accessibility: I Give Up

Filed Under: Technology Review Tagged With: Accessibility, Accessibility API, Android, failure, iOS, Nexus/7, NVDA, TalkBack, Windows

Screen Reader Failure: Innovation, Deterioration, Despair

July 29, 2013 by Chris Hofstader 26 Comments

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

Filed Under: Personal Essay Tagged With: Accessibility, Despair, Employment, failure, Freedom Scientific, innovation, JAWS, NVDA

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