[orca-list] Scott Haeger waves Hi

[Scott Haeger <scott bashautomation com>]

Hi All.  I am recent addition to the Orca community.  I was previously 
working as a software developer on the Linux Screen Reader (LSR) project 
under a Mozilla grant.  IBM's recent decision to cease funding of LSR 
has prompted my switch to the Orca project.  I am very excited to be 
able to bring many of the best LSR ideas to Orca.  My efforts with LSR 
focused on a Braille device interface and a Firefox extension module.  
In Orca, I will first be focusing on adding features, such as link 
previews, page summaries and bookmarks, to the Firefox script.  Feedback 
on these features is certainly welcome.  Later, I will be working on 
integration of ARIA support into Orca.  Finally, I hope to optimize many 
parts of Orca using the Collection interface.

Throughout my career I have been an advocate for open source libraries 
and end-user applications. I was one of the early adopters of scalable 
vector graphics and wrote a human machine interface package based on 
this technology. This effort propelled my interest in user interfaces 
and usability in general. Interest in accessibility has been a natural 
extension. I am an active reporter on Mozilla accessibility bugs and I 
regularly assist Mozilla developers in accessibility related issues. I 
received my Bachelor's degree in biology from the University of South 
Florida, a Master's degree in microbiology from the University of Texas 
at Austin and another Master's degree in computer science from the 
University of South Florida.