I'm so sorry to hear of this. I dealt with David in the creation of the Mi'kmaw
braille code, he was very friendly and helpful. He will indeed be missed. My
condolences to his family.
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Dear Duxbury Community,
This week brings sad news for our Duxbury Systems family. Our colleague, David
Holladay, passed away in a hospital on Thursday, February 15th, following an
accident at home that morning. David was a cancer survivor and valiantly
battled multiple medical problems over his last five years.
David was an early innovator in braille software. Together, he and his wife,
Caryn Navy, founded Raised Dot Computing (later Braille Planet) in 1981.
David’s early work on Apple II computers was groundbreaking in support of
accessibility for blind users through speech and production of braille and of
print from braille input. He went on to support production of print math from
Nemeth Code mathematics braille. Later work at Raised Dot Computing culminated
in the introduction of MegaDots, an innovative product with unparalleled
support for braille formats.
David and Caryn joined Duxbury Systems in 1999 and have been part of the family
ever since. David’s work at Duxbury focused largely on extending the reach of
DBT to many, many countries and languages around the world. Though confined to
bed over the last several years of his life, David’s passion for braille
wouldn’t allow him to rest. He was working until his very last day.
It is our belief that the larger braille world will miss David as much as we do
here at Duxbury.
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David's funeral will be at Congregation Shalom in Chelmsford Massachusetts at
noon Eastern Standard Time on Monday, with burial at 1 PM at Beth El Cemetery
in Chelmsford.
We’ll post a link for live streaming the service when we receive it.
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