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Kim Patch

Consultant, Consultant


Kim Patch is a user interface expert, writer, editor, software developer, and musician. She writes the PatchonTech.com blog. Kim has been using speech input for 25 years, and developed the Utter Command add-on that speeds Dragon speech input for command-and-control. She's an invited expert and Mobile Accessibility Task Force cofacilitator for the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Accessibility Initiative. Kim architected a system for interactive transcripts as lead researcher for Duke University’s Rutherfurd Living History program, and helped PBS Frontline build a similar system. Kim got her start 30 years ago as a metro reporter in Washington D.C. for United Press International, and later founded the Internet beat as a Senior Editor at PC Week. She's freelanced for many publications including the Associated Press, Reuters, the Boston Globe, the San Jose Mercury News, and Technology Review. 


Classes

John Slatin Virtual AccessU 2021