Re: A loss in the blind programming community
- From: Jackie McBride <abletec@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 12 May 2010 11:41:38 -0700
Yeah, his parents I know are havin a tough time. Having lost a child
myself I know how that is, & it is not fun. Prayers & heartfelt
condolences to them. & those of us in the blind programming community
feel the loss as well. I wondered why we hadn't heard from him in
awhile.
On 5/12/10, Sina Bahram <sbahram@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jamal Mazrui
> Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2010 12:28 PM
> To: ProgrammingBlind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 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.
>
> ----------
>
> 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
>
>
> ----------
>
> 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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