Glen Gordon: Getting Windows to Talk

In the mid-1990s, the flourishing popularity of Microsoft Windows and its graphical user interface engendered real anxiety for many computer users who were blind or had low vision, including Glen Gordon, now vice president and chief technical officer of Freedom Scientific. Gordon worked half-time with Henter-Joyce, the company founded by Ted Henter that introduced JAWS and later JAWS for Windows. Gordon had a great passion to get Windows to talk.

The success that Gordon and others managed in “getting Windows to talk” has led to a software that is widely accepted by blind or visually impaired people around the world. Updating and fine-tuning that software is an ongoing process and still a major focus of Gordon’s activities. The road that eventually led to his current role as one of half a dozen top managers for this leading assistive technology entity had many fascinating deviations along the way.

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