Nonprofit Builds Salesforce Cloud For the Blind 13
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.
wanna bet? (Score:3)
Re: (Score:1)
Speaking as someone who is legally blind: FUCK YOU
The Cloud .... (Score:2)
Feels kind of dank and muggy, with a slight fetid odor. Yep. We're in The Cloud.
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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...
That had to be expensive as fuck (Score:2)
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.