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== About me == | == About me == | ||
| − | Hi! My name is Bill Dengler. I'm a final semester computer science major with minors in linguistics (toward which I'm counting this course) and global studies. I | + | Hi! My name is Bill Dengler. I'm a final semester computer science major with minors in linguistics (toward which I'm counting this course) and global studies. I have been totally blind since birth due to [[:wikipedia:Norrie disease|Norrie disease]] – I use the [http://nvaccess.org NVDA] and [https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/iphone/iph3e2e415f/ios VoiceOver] [[:wikipedia:Screen reader|screen readers]] to use my computer and phone respectively. |
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| + | Though my specialty is accessible technology (after graduation, I'll be starting a full-time software engineering position on Microsoft's [https://accessibilityinsights.io Accessibility Insights] team), I have done a little bit at the intersection of computation and linguistics, though definitely more rooted in the former. Last semester (fall 2021), Jonathan and I [https://github.com/codeofdusk/treemendous developed a tool] to make syntax trees (and other types of trees more generally) accessible to blind people. While I am interested in language more generally, especially how it operates as a "system", my linguistics experience is far more limited, particularly in the areas of phonetics and phonology. | ||
== Language ideas == | == Language ideas == | ||
I'm considering the following languages to work on this semester: | I'm considering the following languages to work on this semester: | ||
| − | * [[:wikipedia:Ngaanyatjarra dialect|Ngaanyatjarra]] ([https://iso639-3.sil.org/code/ntj ntj]) | + | * [[:wikipedia:Ngaanyatjarra dialect|Ngaanyatjarra]] ([https://iso639-3.sil.org/code/ntj ntj]) ([[/Language selection#Ngaanyatjarra|language selection]]) |
| − | * [[:wikipedia:Low German|Low German]] ([https://iso639-3.sil.org/code/nds nds]) | + | * [[:wikipedia:Low German|Low German]] ([https://iso639-3.sil.org/code/nds nds]) ([[/Language selection#Low German|language selection]]) |
| − | * [[:wikipedia:Balinese language|Balinese]] ([https://iso639-3.sil.org/code/ban ban]) | + | * [[:wikipedia:Balinese language|Balinese]] ([https://iso639-3.sil.org/code/ban ban]) ([[/Language selection#Balinese|language selection]]) |
Revision as of 08:27, 20 January 2022
About me
Hi! My name is Bill Dengler. I'm a final semester computer science major with minors in linguistics (toward which I'm counting this course) and global studies. I have been totally blind since birth due to Norrie disease – I use the NVDA and VoiceOver screen readers to use my computer and phone respectively.
Though my specialty is accessible technology (after graduation, I'll be starting a full-time software engineering position on Microsoft's Accessibility Insights team), I have done a little bit at the intersection of computation and linguistics, though definitely more rooted in the former. Last semester (fall 2021), Jonathan and I developed a tool to make syntax trees (and other types of trees more generally) accessible to blind people. While I am interested in language more generally, especially how it operates as a "system", my linguistics experience is far more limited, particularly in the areas of phonetics and phonology.
Language ideas
I'm considering the following languages to work on this semester:
