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Freedom Scientific

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Founder
  
Ted Henter

Founded
  
1989

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Freedom scientific corporate video 2015


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.

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The company is based in Saint Petersburg, Florida.

History

Ted Henter developed the JAWS screen reader for the blind.

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

Freedom Scientific Wikipedia