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Nonprofit Builds Salesforce Cloud For the Blind

Posted by samzenpus on from the build-it-better dept.

Gamoid writes When we talk about "accessibility" in tech, we're usually talking about things like mobile apps and API compatibility. But for the sizable percentage of the world's population with vision impairment or full blindness, "accessibility" means they can use a computer, phone, tablet, or whatever, in a way that's comfortable for them. There have been great strides in that area, but it's still a tremendous challenge. So it's worth pausing to appreciate the work that the 99-year-old Bosma Enterprises, an Indiana-based nonprofit with the mission of reducing the 70 percent unemployment rate among the visually impaired and blind, has put into building out an enterprise cloud -- based primarily on Salesforce, with a handful of other applications built in -- that can be used by people with any level of sightedness across any line of business.

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  1. wanna bet? by turkeydance · · Score: 2

    "There is no job in this company that couldn't be done by someone who is legally blind," says Quigley-Allen.

    1. Re:wanna bet? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

      Speaking as someone who is legally blind: FUCK YOU

  2. The Cloud .... by PPH · · Score: 1

    ... to a blind person.

    Feels kind of dank and muggy, with a slight fetid odor. Yep. We're in The Cloud.

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    1. Re:The Cloud .... by FatdogHaiku · · Score: 1

      ... to a blind person.

      Feels kind of dank and muggy, with a slight fetid odor. Yep. We're in The Cloud.

      Well, that explains the fapping noise that seems to be everywhere...

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  3. That had to be expensive as fuck by Chas · · Score: 1

    I've seen "cheap" SF.com customizations before. And going by those benchmarks, I don't even wanna know what the cash outlay was for this.

    And the worst part? At the end of the day, you're still leg-shackled to SalesForce.com with no real control over your data.

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