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Source: ABC People & Profiles, 2023-06-05 10:00

Blind software dev pair and a life-changing idea | Australian Story

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Mick Curran and Jamie Teh are lifelong friends who share a love of music and technology. They're also blind.

Both computer programmers, the pair saw an injustice they wanted to fix: vision-impaired people have to buy expensive screen-reading software to access computers and the online world.

Their screen-reader is now used across 175 countries and has been translated into 50 languages.

And despite the potential to cash in on their innovation, they've kept it free for all.

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