A: Well, much of what we ve done all along didn t really depend on faster or smaller computers. In other words, I d have done what I have whether computers got smaller, cheaper and faster or not. I ve already mentioned how the graphical user interface changed what we were doing, and other devices, especially portable devices, have influenced screen reader technology as well, but as I said, the nature of my work hasn t been dramatically influenced by the changes in technology over time we d have done it anyway. Q: Where do you see your work going next? What do you hope your legacy will be? A: That s a hard question. When you think about legacy, it s about how you ll be remembered. I guess I want our work to continue so there will be more opportunities for people to accomplish things they couldn t before. You know, when you re visually impaired, there s a limitation there, and I d like to know that technology built on what we ve been doing for so many years will continue to enable people to overcome challenges caused by blindness or other visual impairment. ********************************************
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The irrelevance of the machine
Fee, Samuel
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, Volume 38 (3)
Association for Computing Machinery – Sep 1, 2008
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