SC Web Testers for the Pilot Program 2008 - 2009
SC Web Testers for the Pilot Program 2008 - 2009
Allow us to introduce our Web Testers!
Leslie Brown
Leslie at a training.
Leslie Brown, totally blind since birth, lives in Spartanburg and uses JAWS as her primary assistive technology. A recent college graduate, she is looking for employment in a goal-oriented company geared toward improving life for all disabled people. She and her niece are pursuing their shared dream of becoming published authors. Her interests involve helping others and improving her skills as a writer. As a newly-budding blind computer user, she's developed a fascination with pod casting and piercing the many mysteries of the love-hate relationship between JAWS and Windows Vista!
http://www.goupstate.com/article/20090603/ARTICLES/906031034
David W Bundy
David at an Expo exhibit.
AT Consultant, SCCB
JAWS
Columbia SC
Beth Debus
Beth at the first Web Testers training.
Beth has been visually impaired her whole life. As a result, she primarily uses JAWS, along with zoom text, windows magnifier, and Kurzweil. She lives in Central, SC with her husband Jim as a Fiscal Account Technician in the department of Computer Technology and Information at Clemson University. She has an interest in Speech Pathology and currently takes graduate courses wherever they're offered. Economy permitting, she hopes to attend the MA/PhD Speech Language Pathology program at Ohio State. Her interests include politics, news, good speeches, and, most importantly, spending time with family and friends.
Jim Debus
Jim with his wife Beth.
Jim, 28, is a senior at Clemson studying Therapeutic Recreation. He is a member of the service-oriented Chi Delta Fraternity. He is also a member of Clemson Foothills Church and is learning Judo this semester. He has been playing Goalball for 15 years now, and is aspiring to be on the 2012 London Paralympic Team. He and his wife Mary Beth live in Columbus, Ohio where he will be completing his Clemson curricula by fulfilling a 480 hour internship in the spring that is related to adaptive sports.
Dennis Farro
Dennis with Wendy Mullin and Janet Jendron.
Dennis Farro uses JAWS and a Powerbraille 40 braille display. He is a recent graduate of Columbia International University with a Masters in Divinity. He is seeking employment in the field of clinical counseling. He is originally from New York, where all of his family resides. Among his many and varied interests are traveling, public speaking, reading and working out.
Sam Hahn
Sam Hahn and Janet Jendron.
Sam Hahn is a web designer for the SC Department of Natural Resources and a member of the SC Assistive Technology Advisory Committee, as well as its Web Accessibility Committee. A former member of SCATP, Sam has been active in planning web conferences and events for a number of years.
Denise James
Denise and husband Wil at their wedding.
Denise James is from St Petersburg, FL. After 20 years with Richmond County Department of Family and Children Services in Richmond County, Georgia, she retired and relocated here for Wil’s career. She is a ZoomText 9.1 user. She and Wil have been married for five years and have two furry four-legged service dog children, Max and Titan.
William James
Wil and Denise with their dogs
Max and Titan.
William (Wil) James is from St Petersburg, FL. He has three years experience in technical support for an adaptive software company and personally uses JAWS and Window Eyes. He and Denise have have been married for five years with their service dogs, Max and Titan.
Clay Jeffcoat
Jon Brundage with Clay Jeffcoat
Clay serves as the Access Technology Specialist in the South Carolina School for the Deaf and the Blind's Outreach Vision Program. He provides consultation and direct instruction to students and teachers in public schools and agencies statewide. He also consults with the South Carolina School for the Deaf and the Blind Braille Production Center located at Leath Correctional Facility in Greenwood, where he provides training and technical assistance with the sophisticated equipment used to produce Braille. He has taught Access Technology for Teachers of the Visually Impaired for the University of South Carolina Upstate. Clay is a graduate of USC with a BS in Computer Science and an MBA. He is a member of the Computer Science and Technology Committee of the National Federation of the Blind of SC, as well as a member of the Talking Book Services Advisory Council for the South Carolina State Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped. In his spare time, Mr. Jeffcoat enjoys antique radio restoration and amateur radio.
David Jones
David Jones, Dragon user
David Jones lives in Hilton Head and is self-employed. Due to paralysis, he uses Dragon Dictate, a voice activated program. He has five siblings and an eleven year old son. He enjoys sports, meditation and meeting people, and appreciates his very supportive mother and surrounding community.
http://www.islandpacket.com/news/local/story/488990.html
John Knope
John Knope at the AT Expo.
John Knope works for Goodwill in Greenville training clients of the SC Commission for the Blind to use JAWS and ZoomText. He is blind and has a hearing impairment. He and his wife Crystal live in Greenville. He enjoys conversation, playing the guitar, and working with computers.
David Lindsey
David Lindsey at home.
David is a quadriplegic who lives in Upstate South Carolina. He enjoys reading and surfing the web for news.
Will McCain
Will McCain.
Will McCain is currently working at the SC Assistive Technology Program keeping the website up-to-date. He is also taking courses on Web design at Midlands Tech. Originally from Denmark, SC, he lived in Charleston for a short time before moving to Columbia. He is also a former Peace Corps Volunteer, with a stint in Senegal. He is hoping to get a career in Web design and maintenance, one day having his own company.
Wendy Mullin
Wendy with Janet Jendron.
Web Developer, USC
Columbia SC
Cindy Popenhagen
Ciny Popenhagen
Cindy uses Zoomtext magnifier/screen reader. She has been legally blind since birth. She works for the Client Assistance Program in the Governor's Office as an Administrative Assistant/Advocate. She has her Associates in Science/Office Systems Technology from Midlands Technical College. She is currently attending Limestone College for her Bachelor's in Business Administration/Computer Software Application. She is married and a proud mother of a three year old son who keeps her quite busy.
Amanda Rush
Amanda Rush
Amanda Rush lives in Greenville, North Carolina. She previously worked for Freedom Scientific as a support technician and is currently between jobs and in the process of going to college to obtain various Cisco and Microsoft certifications. Amanda is blind and uses JAWS to access the Internet. In her spare time, she likes to read and cook. She also loves technology, so much so that almost all the available surfaces in her apartment are covered with it!
Jessica Smith
Jessica Smith, JAWS user
Jessica Smith previously lived and attended school in South Carolina. She now lives in Virginia where I work for the federal government. For the past ten years she has been an avid user of JAWS for Windows and Open Book. Her favorite hobby is shopping. Describing herself as "just an all-around person,' she loves meeting new people and trying new things.
J. Laura Skelton
Laura Skelton.
J. Laura Skelton of Sumter, South Carolina, is the daughter of a mother/daughter rental property business team. Her Assistive Technology consist of JAWS a screen reader and Zoomtext a screen magnifier. Laura enjoys expanding her horizons in computers, herb gardening, and preserving family history. She is an active member of The National Federation of the Blind Sumter Chapter.
Bryan Smart
Bryan Smart.
JAWS, Window Eyes
Greenville SC
www.BryanSmart.com
Grace Strother
Grace Strother.
Grace is legally blind and uses the ZoomText screen reader/magnifier. She lives in Charleston, South Carolina with her husband and retired racing greyhound. She works as a Knowledge Specialist at Blackbaud, a software company that serves the nonprofit sector. Grace enjoys visiting nursing homes and schools with her greyhound as a therapy dog team and serves as the webmaster for a small nonprofit organization.
Allison Yeager
Allison Yeager with her dog Forge.
Allison Yeager is originally from Columbia, SC. She now lives in Charleston and work for at Blackbaud, a computer software company that makes software products for non-profits. She works with the Knowledgebase and other online resources. Allison says, "I enjoy doing things with my wonderful Siberian Husky. He’s recently completed an agility class." Allison also enjoys learning new things and traveling.
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