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    How a Blind Developer Uses Visual Studio (Microsoft Build 2017)

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    7:09 · 11K views · Apr 7, 2022

    Saqib Shaikh, a blind developer at Microsoft, shows at Build 2017 how he writes and debugs code in Visual Studio using a screen reader. This version adds subtitles.

    HN uses it as the go-to example of how blind developers work, including the very fast screen reader speech.

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    3 comments from Hacker News

    1. @asimovDevMay 2026· in “New accessibility features powered by Apple Intelligence”

      this video my go to example of this is this talk by Saqib Shaikh (a blind software engineer at Microsoft) giving a talk about Visual Studio. Link is timestamped

      RecommendsView on HN
    2. @lioetersApr 2024· in “Interview with a blind developer on how he works (2017)”

      That's odd, the YouTube URL still works for me. Here's another link to the same video: this video I think it's the same one you mean, his screen reader's audio is so fast it sounds like electronic blips.

      CitesView on HN
    3. @dyauspitrJun 2026· in “Why removing 'um' from a recording is harder than it sounds”

      That reminds me of the blind Microsoft developer that uses a screen reader at a very high speed to code this video

      CitesView on HN