Chieko Asakawa
- (b.) 1958
Bio/Description
Developer of the IBM Home Page Reader, a Netscape browser plug-in that became the most widely used web-to-speech system available, Asakawa was a blind Japanese computer scientist whose work at IBM Research – Tokyo focused on accessibility. She was the recipient of numerous industry and government awards.
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Courtesy of Wikipedia
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Date of Birth:
1958 -
Gender:
Female (she/her) -
Noted For:
Created IBM Home Page Reader -
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