Coding Accessibility: Becky
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ก.ย. 2024
- The first installment in GitHub’s “Coding Accessibility” video series features Becky Tyler, a bright, funny, and incredibly tenacious young woman with quadriplegic cerebral palsy who interacts with her computer exclusively by using her eyes. Becky started off simply wanting to play Minecraft, but the shortcomings of available accessibility tech led her down a path beyond mining ore and into the world of open source software and collaboration. She now attends the University of Dundee, where she studies applied computing.
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As a developer who was born with Cerebral Palsy I appreciate that you give accessbility some love like this :)
I don't understand how these people can get jobs in coding while me with no disability can't??? lol
@@Danuxsy Because the disability doesn't play a role maybe? I have a job as a developer because I'm good at my job, disability or no disability. If you're good at what you do, and you can do that job, you have a good chance of getting hired. It's a field where physical disabilities matter less than other jobs.
@@Danuxsy read slowly
@@Danuxsy you sounds like a bully with no humanity as all
@@apresthus87 well said
The fact the comments have not been turned off and I can see nothing but positive and inspiring words really show that this community really is a great place and the people are not all horrible. Really proud of everyone.
Yeah, thankfully. Even sorting by new there aren't any negative comments
for what reason would those exist
the edgy strong feeling i have to respond to this with the word we describe with a certain letter
I cried watching this. So amazing what can be achieved with open source software and the people willing to help others who don't have the same opportunities to enjoy the things we take for granted.
Ditto
To all people included in these kind of projects: please keep on going!
I was honoured to have graduated Applied Computing at Dundee, and was taught by Annalu while she was the Head of Computing. I will forever be grateful of the foundations she taught me in accessibility, it has been something I've taken with me through my professional career. What a beautiful video, and unsurprised by the fantastic work still going on today. All the best! Sam
did they actually teach you what cache lines were and how to avoid cpu stalls? or did they just indoctrinate you with liberal nonsense that your primary purpose in life is to be subservient to the disabled and that you need to put literally everyone else's needs before your own?
Ended up crying. As a future developer, I'm definitely inspired to do projects related helping people with disabilities. Great video!
This documentary is eye opening, really. Looking at her you may think she's not able to understand reality or maybe she's in her own world, completely detached from us. It turns out that's very far from the truth. Not only she's perfectly "normal". She's also _better_ than most of us, in terms of awareness, intelligence and talent. Bravissima.
Wow God is amazing, she's so intelligent than most of us🙌
I struggle with a similar thing. From the outside, I'm visibly severely disabled which leads people to assume my brain doesn't work or is damaged. But I have a masters in computer science, work for a very well known company. I've had people tell me to ny face, that they don't believe I could actually have done all that on my own, some even said that my caregiver must have cheated and done my exams for me or something or that I must have had my grades boosted ?! I hope that the world becomes more aware that just because someone's physical disability may be severe, it doesn't automatically mean their brain or intellect is affected too. In the tech world, some people can be quite hostile to me, believing that they deserve my job more than me, or that I was only hired as some inclusively policy. Whereas actually I did my interview etc online, the people doing the interview and the people who offered me the job didn't even know I was disabled
Exacto, cuantas personas uno ve en la calle con esa misma condicion y creemos que no persiven el mundo como nosotros.
As an abled person, I can not even begin to imagine the struggles people like you had to go through. It almost feels like life was unfair to you, but you grabbed it by the neck and made the most of what you could get from it. I sincerely hope there is more technology like this in the future.
As a developer who specialises in accessibility, it’s one of the most rewarding jobs ❤
How did you get into the field? I'm learning to code and have cerebral palsy.
as a budding frontend dev , i promise to learn more about accessibility and contribute to society in some form.
thank you for showing the importance of accessbility. great video.
As a developer who usually glosses over accessibility (read alt attributes) this is an eye opener. When she said that being a dev made her feel valued and respected, that struck a chord; it warmed my heart. This video right here makes the abstract world of software engineering become a part of the physical human world
This made me tear up in tears of joy, I had to stop the video to get my self together. Sometimes as a multimedia developer and designer I end up doing such superficial jobs, redundant features, redundant UX and UI... BUT THIS RIGHT HERE IS DESIGN, FEATURES TO IMPROVE LIFE, UI AND UX THAT'S USEFUL ! Thank you for your inspirational hard work !
man after watching this, I have no excuse to keep telling myself: coding is so hard, i'm not as good as everyone else and it's gonna take me a long time to achieve something anymore
This is wonderful video that shows what is the true meaning of future technology and it's amazing abilities to change the world. GOD BLESS YOU BECKY
Out of all the fields where accessibility may be problematic to achieve, Information Technology is NOT one of those spaces. We are missing out on so much talent by exclusion. I look forward to seeing more in this space in the industry and seeing amazing new developments in the accessibility space and the technology developments created by people like Becky.
Beautiful video and technology thank you for sharing and creating these opportunities for people in need.
Amazing work done by all the people involved. You are an inspiration Becky. Mad Respect!!
This is where technology should be really heading towards " inclusion of all ". Kudos to the team and Becky you are an inspiration.
I'm so glad content like this exists and disabilities are getting visibility like this. I would rather watch this over 99% of the other stuff I see posted.
now this video is an EYE OPENER!!!!! i know that sometimes i am a lazy, more complaining and less doing, and a very lame person but after i watch this i got stunned, suck and bitten in my lips and teared out.. now i must pursue my dream now and let me thank you for this vlog or video because you have a huge impact to us a really big inspiration.. again thank you...
Sometimes it takes differently abled people to give motivation to a depressed soul going through the same that there's life and opportunities for them. Am happy for the Beckys and Prof. Annalu out there❤
this was so inspiring to watch! thank you Becky!
This is just amazing technology. I'm just so happy to see that people have built such beautiful programs so we can all enjoy technology together
Huge Respect to Becky, What a legend fighting through her obstacles despite everything ❤❤
This is beautiful. This gives me hope in people. We need more warm in this world. Girl in the video is astonishingly intelligent and talented. She can handle all the software development stuff, test it out and provide an impact to the world. Hardly anobody can do so much as she does. We need to teach our kids to not judge anything at first sight. This is what makes a bareer. Remember, today you are healthy and feel good, but tomorrow something might happen and you might get to know, how it is to live as a paralysed person. Be humble people.
It's crazy to see how far this adaptive technology has come in the past decades. Love to see it at work and it's beautiful to see how it enables accesibility to all.
“Sometimes it is the people no one can imagine anything of who do the things no one can imagine.” ― Alan Turing
Очень печально что столь талантливые и милые люди, так сильно страдают... И даже не смотря на трудности этой жизни они идут в перед несмотря ни на что!
You are not disabled, you are more than able!!! You are an inspiration!
Thank you for showing the potential of people with disabilities. It's incredible to see and what a wonderful story! Keep coding Becky! ❤
Becky is a rockstar, and accessibility is important.
Absolutely amazing work! Using technology to break down barriers between differently abled people, through volunteering and teaching, UX design and co-creation, inspiring and mentoring a young woman to dream big… I am moved to tears. To everyone in this video: you are heroes! ❤🙌
You always hear about this stuff in tech, but to see it first hand is entirely different. No words for how awesome this is. What a warrior!
I've noticed those with disabilities may suffer but many work twice as hard to be as successful as those who are capable. They are relentless because they know they can't do things as well as many others. However, they still go much further than those who are able to do so because they take advantage of their resources to create extraordinary things.
Imagine everything they are doing in this video but add in the large language models we have been using as of late, such as ChatGPT. I can't wait to see what the future holds for us and can't wait for the influx of minds that has been locked out of the conversations just because of a lack of interface.
I almost want to love humanity again. You guys are amazing.
Good seeing you smile, Becky. Dont ever stop : ) You seem to hold my own personal motto - No matter where I am, Im having a good time : )
let's take a moment to appreciate those who worked hard to develop these accessible tools ❤
I felt ashamed of myself for what I had done for so long. After today I will focus my attention on something really useful😪
I hope that one day people will no longer suffer from disease, such that man is no longer bound and restricted by his mortality.
I am a disable person in the software engineering field. I don't always trust myself. Thank you for this video. It is really encourageous. 🙏
So proud right now. This is so motivational. There is no excuse for not living your dreams now.
Immaculate storytelling -- someone was definitely cutting onions in my office when I was watching this.
As programmers and engineers, its our duty to provide solutions so that everyone has an equal chance and opportunities, even though at first it may seem like otherwise. I'm so proud of our community that we have enabled such minds such as becky to contribute to the amazing world of programming. We're all proud of you Becky !!!
Great to see what being human is, as Professor Annalu Waller said. Being able to overcome any of these obstacles.
This is truely inspiring and what is even more amazing is how technology can be leveraged to bring everyone together.
Sending respect and love. This is great and thank you to Becky and the Github team.
This is incredible and definitely eye-opening for many! Content like this is something that we need to see more of. It's so important to have diverse perspectives when building new technology. Thank you Becky!
It's impressive what is technically possible today to give people access to something that is completely ordinary for most. My greatest respect to all who make this possible. I think Becky is a young, talented woman and I wish her all the best for her future!
I'm not one of those people who are easily moved, but I burst into tears as soon as I saw how joyfully Becky was performing such complex tasks with these technologies. I'm finishing my 3rd year of studying Systems Analysis and currently working as a DevOps engineer. It took me a long time to decide what I wanted to do in my professional career, but from now on I will pursue my dream of working on projects like EyeMine.
I wish Becky and everyone involved in this documentary the best of luck and wonderful new opportunities. You are amazing!
What an awesome video. Thank you for sharing this.
This is really touching. What a meaningful job as a dev. This is awesome.
Absolutely brilliant, this is a win for humanity.
Inspirational, thank you becky. ❤❤❤😭😭😭
This is so inspiring and very touching. Excellent story, very motivational for those learning to code and feeling down. Just keep pushing because these folks are doing it and doing well, all they did is try and never stopped trying!
This is absolutely amazing. Well done to all involved, you are all doing incredible work.
Wow ….now that’s astonishing…way to go Becky !!!!
Respect for everyone who has extra struggle in life. God bless y'all.
You are a talented person! I am glad i came across this video. As a designer, I will make sure to always ensure accessibility to be part of the design solution.
I genuinely bow down to Becky and feel ashamed of myself because I can't find discipline and perseverance to really keep on learning programming and CS-related stuff despite being 100% healthy.
Huge respect to her, hopefully she will be succesful and we'll hear about her in near future.
This gives me more human aspect perspective of being a developer, thank you for sharing this!
Inspirational!!
Excellent work, Becky & Github team
It left me Speechless👌👌👌🙌🙌❤️❤️🙏🙏🙏 unbelievable effort by the whole team...god bless..
I am physically disabled myself (I have a spinal cord injury) and I can still program using Talon Voice. Although I'm still waiting for copilot X & copilot X voice 😁😁
guy with a spinal injury here who got into coding as a way to deal with my injury. great to see there are others that don't see their injury as a barrier.
@@chill-_-839 Wait until you see the other videos in this series. It will make you very happy and seen.
I love that technology gives different people ways to create technologies ❤
God may bless you all! Thank you, thank you, thank you, I love all of you guys thank you for sharing and four encourage a lot of people not only what is possible but also to build technology for everyone literally. Thank you!
Thank you for showcasing such an achievement in accessibility and how much more we all could achieve if we keep writing our lines every single day!
would love to see this positivity and diversity in people that will make our more accessible and peaceful
This is outstanding and what said By Prof. Annalu Waller at 07:51 should be always kept in mind by developers and decision makers.
This really motivated me to think about making our software more accessible, thank you for the touching video
This video made me realise how much I can contribute if i do it this sector of coding.
I love working on web accessibility. Unfortunately, quality work takes time and companies really hate this and view it as a burdensome cost center. Hope the tide can turn on this mindset. I will try my best to advocate where I can. Great video!
Some really cool tech showcased from the voice to the interface interactions, eye-tracking all of it. Amazing work!
She looks so happy! I’m glad we can use this technology today.!
This is so awesome! Becky is an inspiration.
I think this technology is useful for everyone.
I remember the Samsung phone having a feature that if you are not looking to video it automatically pauses.
And ironman having one.
This is so great. I have a sister with CP so it's good that to see she can do all this. I have tears in my eyes.
beautiful and inspirational work, keep it up! ❤❤
As a game modder myself, I've had the opportunity to help a few disabled users with alternative input schemes... it's a great feeling when you can open up experiences everyone else takes for granted.
Feel encouraged to see how Becky and others have been able to use accessibility technology to explore the digtial world and express their creative minds.
I got so emotional, this is magnificent
This is actually decent way for such disabled people to do code is actually very very great
Bravo GitHub! 👏👏👏👏
Incredible history! Makes me feel like am I a bad developer... thanks for that, I needed that.
Props to Special Effects for all the work and care they put into their mission. Thanks for making the world a bit better. And Becky's Amazing!
It's just amazing, everyone should be able to play videogames and feel theirself included in this huge community that we are as a player or even as a programmer.
Thank you for being an inspiration to all of us. You are amazing becky!
I am inspired. God Bless.
I love this so much
What a great video and story. humanity is beautiful. The world is beautiful. Technology is beautiful.
Wow, what lovely people. They really touched my soul. Becky is an inspiration to people with disabilities or not. She's my heroine.
God bless all you guys 🤗🤗
omg and here I am with two perfectly good hands and cannot even stay focused to get a job in coding
I can't describe how AMAZING this is.
Amazing work done by all the people involved
man watch this make me feel like i'm not appreciate life enough
GOD BLESS !! this is seriously eye-opening for me. Accessibility, is not something I often think about on the daily ... and, unfortunately at work, have long de-prioritized as of recently
Well, I hope this video changes the minds of the powers that be at your work. It's a 2 way street. It's not just about enabling access for the disabled, it's also about enabling the disabled to share their knowledge, hard work and creativity. I heard a quote that said that disability is an ingenious way to live. As someone with a disability, that rings true. Those of us with disabilities have to become problem solvers and troubleshooters out of necessity. These are qualities that I would think anyone would want from a teammate. Yea, Becky is all that!
This is so beautiful and inspiring!
the best open source project ever created
good luck for the next improvent
inspiring to watch! thank you Becky
This was incredible. Thank you for this video, and those involved in its creation.