Making Technology Accessible to Everyone
From: Irish Dev News - 06/06/2006
By: Shawn Lunn

As a fifth grader growing up in Irving, TX, Rob Sinclair tutored younger
students with learning impairments, helping them to make sense of the words
they were struggling to read, and to grasp the concepts that would help them
succeed in school and in life. That was when he first began to understand the
importance of making information accessible to everyone - including people
who experience the world in different ways. As an adult, achieving that goal
has become his highest ambition. 

"Developing new ways to make technology easier for people to use has always
been one of my passions," Sinclair says. "I’ve really been pursuing the same
goals throughout my career." Today, as the new director of the Accessible
Technology Group (ATG) at Microsoft, Sinclair leads the company’s worldwide
strategy to develop software and tools that make it easier for people to see,
hear and use their personal computers. As a widely respected computer
scientist with 15 patents pending, most for advances in accessible
technology, Sinclair is ideal for the role. And he believes that he has the
right team, in the right place, at the right time to get the job done. 

Read the entire article at:
http://www.irishdev.com/NewsArticle.aspx?id=2557

Submitted by Jamie Arasz Prioli

Links:
Rob Sinclair - Director, Accessible Technology Group
http://www.microsoft.com/enable/microsoft/sinclair.aspx

Microsoft Promotes Cross-Platform Accessibility Tech
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1892089,00.asp

Microsoft Accessible Technology Group announcements
http://www.tracecenter.org:8080/mailarchive/uaccess-l/msg02866.shtml