The ironic part is the government system always promote on hiring people with disabilities yet they have the most rigid job duties with absolutely no flexibility to these duties. It is much easier to work in the private sector where they are often some flexibility and adjustments in the job duties for people with disabilities. I have been in both sectors so I well know and understand. If I was in the government system, I would have great difficulty in handling database and reading materials fast enough to keep abreast of what I need for my field, etc. They would not be flexible with me and I was forced out on disability and so I change my careers and have done well in the private sector and of course3, if it wasn't for these screen readers, I'd not have been working this long.
Jeff From: josh n rivera [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, August 12, 2013 12:10 PM To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: Opinions Of A Former AT Software Engineer Wow! These articles were quite revealing, to put it mildly. It's sad to see that the two main screen readers out there are, seemingly, sitting on their back-sides, just coasting, while hundreds of blind persons are out there unable to find employment, because these screen readers have not kept up. On Mon, 12 Aug 2013 10:14:14 -0500 "Gary King" <[email protected]> writes: Last night I ran across a couple of interesting articles written by a former head of Software Engineering of a major assistive technology company. Since Window-Eyes was mentioned in the articles in a historical context, I am passing them along to the list. http://chrishofstader.com/the-death-of-screen-reader-innovation/ http://chrishofstader.com/screen-reader-failure-innovation-deterioration-des pair/ Gary King [email protected] ____________________________________________________________ Description: Image removed by sender. If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You can manage your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv.
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