Ted Henter

Ted Henter
Ted Henter
Nationality	American
Motorcycle racing career statistics
Grand Prix motorcycle racing
Active years	1978
Team(s)	Yamaha

Ted Henter is an American computer programmer and businessperson known for having invented the JAWS screen reader for the blind.^[1] He studied engineering, but learned computer programming and started his own business after becoming blind in a car accident in 1978, which put an end to a promising career as an international motorcycle racer.

In 1987, he teamed up with businessperson Bill Joyce, who together founded in St. Petersburg, Florida. Henter was president and led the operation and provided technology direction while Joyce acted as a silent partner. Henter-Joyce produced JAWS, a screen reader for personal computers using MS-DOS, and later Microsoft Windows.

After becoming blinded, Henter rediscovered waterskiing, and started competing in waterskiing events. He won six times out of seven competitions in the United States and twice in international competition. He retired in 1991 after winning the overall Gold medal in the United States and World Championship for Disabled Skiers.

Henter-Joyce merged with Arkenstone and in 2000 to form Freedom Scientific. Henter currently remains on the board of directors of Freedom Scientific, and in 2002 he founded , to produce software that helps the "pencil-impaired" with mathematics.

References[]

^ Ted Henter, at the American Foundation for the Blind; published April 30, 2004; retrieved March 5, 2014

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[1] Ted Henter, at the American Foundation for the Blind; published April 30, 2004; retrieved March 5, 2014

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