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Mar 2014
38m 40s

I'm a Blind Software Technician - Ask Me...

SCOTT HANSELMAN
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Scott talks to Katherine Moss, a blind software tech, about how she uses her computer and her phone. What does she see and what does her screen reader(s) see? What do sighted developers need to do to support those with less sight?

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