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by jgauth 1851 days ago
This kind of thing is really inspiring to me. Are there any similar projects I can contribute to? I would love to work on software that has such a clear positive impact on someone's life, like in this video.
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https://github.com/nvaccess/nvda

If there's one open source project that changed blind people's lives, that's it. It made screen readers go from about $1000 to practically free, at least if you're an individual, not a corporation.

Alternatively, learn accessibility APIs for <platform>, and then start fixing bugs in open source apps. The meetings/messaging space could definitely use some work, for example. Stuff like Signal/Telegram, accessibility wise, is much worse than WhatsApp, same with Zoom vs. Jitsi.