The blind programmers who created screen readers - The Verge
7/14/2022 12:00:00 AM3 years 7 months ago
by Sheon Han
by Sheon Han
The screen reader JAWS was dominant for decades before upstart open source alternative NVDA came along. This is the story of the blind programmers who pioneered accessibility software
On a night in 1978, Ted Henter was driving a rental car down a dark road in the English countryside. A 27-year-old motorcycle racer from Florida, Henter had just won eighth place in the Venezuelan Gr… [+18211 chars]
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