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How a Blind Developer Uses Visual Studio (Microsoft Build 2017)

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What it is

Saqib Shaikh, a blind developer at Microsoft, shows at Build 2017 how he writes and debugs code in Visual Studio using a screen reader. This version adds subtitles.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN uses it as the go-to example of how blind developers work, including the very fast screen reader speech.

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What HN commenters said

  1. “my go to example of this is this talk by Saqib Shaikh”

    Blind Microsoft engineer demos Visual Studio

    asimovDev, 2026-05 · Recommendation · in “New accessibility features powered by Apple Intelligence”

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Topics: screen reader, blind developer, visual studio, accessibility, microsoft build

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