A quick read: "Web Guru for the Blind"

[Stomme_poes]

Here’s a short article about IBM’s Chieko Asakawa, who currently researches and evangelises about web access for the blind.

http://spectrum.ieee.org/geek-life/profiles/dream-job-2012-web-guru-for-the-blind/0

@"the article"

“Information access has become so critical for our daily lives,” she says in her soft but forceful voice. “It’s not a privilege; it’s a human right.”

Of course there will always be those who believe having access to knowledge, like having access to food, is indeed a privilege. Bah.

[ralphm]

Good read, poes. What a courageous woman. I wonder if they will fix their site.