RE: A loss in the blind programming community
- From: "Sina Bahram" <sbahram@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 12 May 2010 14:31:09 -0400
Jamal,
Thank you so much for notifying us all of this, and also for such a kind
remembrance . In our age, an archive of various sources and
his past pages is as great a monument as can be.
My deepest sympathies to his parents and family.
Take care,
Sina
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[mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jamal Mazrui
Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2010 12:28 PM
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Subject: A loss in the blind programming community
I only recently learned of the passing of a colleague of ours in 2008,
Veli-Pekka Ttil, also known as Vellu. I never met him in
person, but think he was a visually impaired university student from Finland
whose interests included the Perl programming language,
screen reader design, and products of Dolphin Systems.
Below I am pasting a few snippets about his passing that I found on the web.
If anyone has more info to share, please do so.
Jamal
From the web page
http://www.yourdolphin.com/newsitem.asp?id=290
Sad loss of a dear colleague
13-Oct-2008
On Friday afternoon we received tragic news of the sudden death of Veli-Pekka
Ttil.
Aged only 24, Veli-Pekka was immensely talented. His contributions to Dolphin
and his support for other Dolphin software users
spanned many years and included; beta testing, contributing to the Dolphin
forums and more recently as Dolphin's Script writer.
Veli-Pekka's programming skills and dedication to excellence were recognized
throughout the Dolphin group and by his visually
impaired peers. His attention to detail was second to none.
Veli-Pekka will be greatly missed here at Dolphin and our thoughts and
condolences remain with Veli-Pekka's parents at this tragic
time.
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From the web page
http://www.meridian-one.co.uk/news.html
Oct 20th 2008: Sad News
A short while ago we heard the
very sad news of the death of Veli-Pekka Ttil at the very young age of 24.
I had spoken with Vellu over many years about speech, TTS for blind and
visually impaired computer users, the Finnish language in
particular and whatever else occurred. Latterly Vellu was helping test the
latest betas of the new Orpheus. He was always most
helpful, interested and engaging; he had so much he wanted to give. Vellu will
be missed by many in the visually impaired and blind
communities. My deepest sympathies go out to all his family, friends and
colleagues. John Rye
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From the web page
http://www.webbie.org.uk/Veli-Pekka/accessibility.html
Articles on Accessibility by Veli-Pekka Ttil
Veli-Pekka was a student with a visual impairment who sadly died in 2008.
I corresponded with him over WebbIE and other assistive technology subjects.
His student website is now offline and I've taken the
content from online archives and posted it here.
Alasdair King.
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