Freedom Scientific

Freedom Scientific is a company that makes accessibility products for computer users with low-vision, blind, and learning disabilities. The software and hardware enables screen reading, screen magnification, refreshable Braille displays, and offers services including training and accessibility consulting.

The company is based in Saint Petersburg, Florida,[1] with European headquarters in Barendrecht, Netherlands.[2]

This MAGic large-print keyboard has tactile elements and special keys for the visually impaired
The Freedom Scientific MAGicLarge Print Keyboard

History

Ted Henter developed the JAWS screen reader for the blind.[3]

Henter and Bill Joyce founded Henter-Joyce in 1987 in St. Petersburg, which produced an MS-DOS version of JAWS and later a Microsoft Windows version. Henter-Joyce merged with Arkenstone and Blazie Engineering in 2000 to form Freedom Scientific.

References

  1. ↑ American Foundation for the Blind directory profile for Freedom Scientific
  2. ↑ "About Freedom Scientific". Freedom Scientific. Retrieved July 1, 2017.
  3. ↑ Ted Henter, at the American Foundation for the Blind; published April 30, 2004; retrieved March 5, 2014
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