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   by saqibs 5y ago

   My team at Microsoft focuses on leveraging AI to help people with disabilities. We're currently looking for multiple engineers in India. If you're passionate about the tech4good space, willing to wear many hats and quickly ramp up
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   CodeTalk: Rethinking IDE Accessibility(microsoft.com)

   4 points by saqibs 9y ago|0 comments
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   by saqibs 10y ago

   Hi, I'm also a blind dev - successfully been developing back-end systems and libraries at Microsoft for over a decade. There are certainly accessibility problems, but the awesome thing about being a dev is that you can also make your o
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   by saqibs 10y ago

   I thought I'd give my $0.02 worth on some of the questions raised. > I wonder if any blind coders could comment on how they see programmatic flow in their minds eye? It's all about the structure. I think of it like reading a no
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   by saqibs 11y ago

   I'm a blind dev, and would love to help - contact @SaqibS on Twitter. 1. An iPod/iPad/iPhone with the built in VoiceOver screen reader is going to be much simpler than a PC, and thus easier to get started with. 2. If a PC is
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   by saqibs 14y ago

   This is certainly one of the harder aspects of programming blind - particularly tackling a large, unfamiliar, codebase. In the case of a new project, I build up a mental map of how the program works - and memorise the conceptual organisatio