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!!Con 2016 - How I Code and Use a Computer at 1,000 WPM!! By Sina Bahram

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What it is

A short !!Con 2016 talk by blind developer Sina Bahram on how he uses a computer and writes code with a screen reader at about 1,000 words per minute. He plays how common interfaces sound and challenges the audience to go a day using only the keyboard.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN commenters repeatedly share it because it is an eye-opening look at screen-reader use, and because at about 6:30 it addresses how inaccessible Hacker News itself is.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 5 different months
  • 4 strong recommendations
  • first 2019, last 2022

What HN commenters said

  1. “inspiring and incredible”

    Blind developer shows how he uses a computer via screen reader

    yesenadam, 2019-09 · Strong recommendation · in “Ask HN: Is anyone here visually disabled?”

  2. “At around 6:30 he specifically addresses how inaccessible HN is to a visually impaired user”

    Talk on blind computing that covers HN's inaccessibility

    jonah-archive, 2021-02 · Strong recommendation · in “Let's Bring Spacer GIFs Back”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: blind developers, screen reader, accessibility, keyboard navigation, bangbangcon

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