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Tek Talk welcomes Quentin Christensen from the great country of Australia
and representing NV Access to speak to us about the company and the great
work they are doing with NVDA.
Our Story
Michael Curran and James Teh met as children on a music camp for the blind,
where they realised they shared a strong interest in computers. Several
years later they decided to join forces to help improve the accessibility of
computers for blind and vision impaired people.
For blind people to use a computer, they need a screen reader which reads
the text on the screen in a synthetic voice or with a braille display. But
in many cases screen reading software costs more than the computer itself.
In the past this has left computers inaccessible to millions of blind people
around the world. This is a critical problem, because without computers,
access to education and employment is severely limited, not to mention
everyday functions such as online banking, shopping and news.
In April 2006 Michael began to develop a free screen reader called
<https://www.nvaccess.org/about/nvda-features> NVDA (NonVisual Desktop
Access) for use with computers running on Windows. He invited James, who had
recently completed his IT degree, to develop the software with him.
Together these two fully blind men founded the not-for-profit organisation
<https://www.nvaccess.org/about/corporate-info> NV Access to support the
development of the NVDA screen reader. Before too long they were able to
work full-time on the project thanks to a series of corporate grants and
individual donations.
NVDA has been translated by volunteers into more than 43 languages, and been
used by people in more than 120 countries. It has also won multiple
<https://www.nvaccess.org/about/awards/> awards.
NVDA is open source software, which means the code is accessible to anyone.
This enables translators and developers around the world to continually
contribute to its expansion and improvement.
Through this work, Michael and James have gained extensive expertise in
software accessibility. They have also fostered relationships with companies
such as Mozilla, Microsoft, IBM, Adobe and Yahoo! and have contributed to
the accessibility of their respective products.
NV Access is based in South East Queensland, Australia.
I personally have been with NV Access since 2015, prior to that I worked for
a major blindness organisation as an adaptive technology trainer, teaching
people to use NVDA and other assistive technology. At NV Access, I have
written our training material (Basic Training for NVDA, Microsoft Word with
NVDA and Microsoft Excel with NVDA) as well as designing our NVDA Certified
Expert program and providing user support, presenting on NVDA at conferences
such as CSUN.
My name: Quentin Christensen
E-Mail: info@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Phone: +61 7 3149 3306
Co-Chair, Ken Metz
Email: kenmetz1946@xxxxxxxxx
Co-Chair: Alan Lemly
Email: walemly@xxxxxxxxx
Date: Monday, April 23, 2018
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and then run. A link to the software is available on every entry screen to
the Accessible World online rooms.
All online interactive programs are free of charge, and open to anyone
worldwide having an Internet connection, a computer, speakers, and a sound
card. Those with microphones can interact audibly with the presenters and
others in the virtual audience or text chat with the attendees. To speak to
us, hold down the control key until you hear a chirp and then talk; then let
up to release the microphone and listen.
Accessible World uses News Wires, like this one, to inform people of the
topic and times for the many Discussion Groups on Accessible World. The
lists are announced only to keep the traffic to a minimum.
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Accessible World also provides a Tek Talk Discussion List. This list is
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suggest topics to be used in the weekly Monday Training Programs, or just to
interact with others interested in using assistive devices to access
computers. You may sign up for this list by writing to:
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Accessible World
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Alan Lemly, Tek Talk Co-Chair
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Email: walemly@xxxxxxxxx
Steve Hoffman, President
Talking Communities
Email: steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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not-for-profit organization, seeks to educate the general public, the
disabled community and the professionals who serve them by providing highly
relevant information about new products, services, and training
opportunities designed specifically to eliminate geographic and access
barriers that adversely affect them.
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