Welcome to a new ATechNews.com series written by Steve Jacobs.
Hi! I agreed to write a series of articles focused on open source assistive technology. Before doing so, for those of you who never heard of me, I thought I’d tell you something about me. I have been in the computer industry for (gulp) 32 years. I spent most of my professional career working for NCR Corporation. From 1996 until my retirement in 2002 I served as the President of IDEAL at NCR Corporation. My responsibility was to increase the accessibility of NCR’s line of financial and retail products and supporting NCR customers with disabilities. In 2002, I spun-off our organization from NCR into my own business. We reincorporated under the name IDEAL Group, Inc. Here is a listing of our projects, past and present.
IDEAL Group’s work over the past six years has involved providing assistive technology to organizations and individuals who can’t afford it. Initially, we bought assistive technology (AT) software and gave it away free. However, the time arrived when it was no longer feasible to give software away free. Therefore we explored the potential benefits of open source AT software.
Steve Jacobs
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