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NV Access staff update

Quentin Christensen
 

Hi everyone,

Long term and valued NV Access software engineer Reef Turner has decided to move on from NV Access to pursue a new career opportunity. On behalf of the NV Access Team and the NV Access Board, we would like to thank Reef for his substantial contribution to the success of NV Access and NVDA. We wish Reef all the best for his future endeavours.

NV Access is currently putting in place a process to address the space left by Reef moving on.

Reef has set out a message that we would like to share with the NV Access and NVDA Community:

“To the NVDA community,

I wanted to inform you that I will no longer be working at NV Access on the NVDA project. It has been an absolute pleasure to be a part of this community and to contribute to such a valuable tool for those who rely on screen readers for the last 6.5 years.

I am incredibly proud of the work that I have done, and the team has achieved during this time. NVDA has come a long way and I have no doubt that it will continue to go from strength to strength.

I continue to be impressed by the NVDA community’s drive, initiative, and commitment to making the world a more accessible place. This has made my time here truly meaningful, and I am grateful for the opportunity to be a part of this amazing community.

I have decided to continue my journey and will be moving onto a new role at Canva. I am excited for this new opportunity and look forward to what the future holds.

I wish the community, NV Access, and NVDA all the best for the future. I have no doubt that with your hard work and dedication, the project will continue to thrive and make a positive impact on the lives of many.”

Thank you for everything.

Sincerely, Reef Turner (feerrenrut on GitHub)

Thanks Reef, all the best.



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Quentin Christensen
Training and Support Manager
Joseph Lee
 
Edited

Hi all,

On behalf of NVDA contributors and add-ons community, I wish Reef luck in his new endeavor at Canva.

Reef came to NV Access and the NVDA community in 2016 and made an immediate impact with NVDA's GUI (graphical user interface) improvements. As a sighted developer, he brought his perspective on the visual appeal of screen reader user interface, particularly in the area of making NVDA dialogs more modern and appealing in terms of visuals. He was responsible for the multi-category settings dialog, wxPython toolkit testig, nad verifying the work that went into screen curtain. Reef also contributed to shift towards NVDA testing, in particular helping to define user interaction tests so NVDA can respond to common user interaction scenarios. Recently, he has shown interest in improving the NVDA add-ons ecosystem, and along with several add-on authors, helped lay the foundation for ideas around a future NVDA add-on store (this is his last major work). Some folks may have met him at NVDACon in the past, often being part of NV Access keynote sessions.

Thanks for everything, Reef - you had a huge impact on my own coding work. The work you did with NVDA impacted the community in countless ways. Please do keep in touch, and good luck as you embark on your next adventure at Canva.

Cheers,

Joseph
mohammed hossam
 

hiya,
Mr. Reef, I am glad to know that you were responsible for many NVDA
improvements and I wish you luck in your new work at canva.

On 1/11/23, Joseph Lee <joseph.lee22590@...> wrote:
[Edited Message Follows]

Hi all,

On behalf of NVDA contributors and add-ons community, I wish Reef luck in
his new endeavor at Canva.

Reef came to NV Access and the NVDA community in 2016 and made an immediate
impact with NVDA's GUI (graphical user interface) improvements. As a sighted
developer, he brought his perspective on the visual appeal of screen reader
user interface, particularly in the area of making NVDA dialogs more modern
and appealing in terms of visuals. He was responsible for the multi-category
settings dialog, wxPython toolkit testig, nad verifying the work that went
into screen curtain. Reef also contributed to shift towards NVDA testing, in
particular helping to define user interaction tests so NVDA can respond to
common user interaction scenarios. Recently, he has shown interest in
improving the NVDA add-ons ecosystem, and along with several add-on authors,
helped lay the foundation for ideas around a future NVDA add-on store (this
is his last major work). Some folks may have met him at NVDACon in the past,
often being part of NV Access keynote sessions.

Thanks for everything, Reef - you had a huge impact on my own coding work.
The work you did with NVDA impacted the community in countless ways. Please
do keep in touch, and good luck as you embark on your next adventure at
Canva.

Cheers,

Joseph
Brian's Mail list account
 

Yes me also, and I know how difficult it can be to move on when you are dedicated to a cause. However if nothing else, I do hope you will be able to spread the Gospel of accessibility to other sighted programmers in the future, because until it is mandatory for developers to understand accessibility, we will always be at a disadvantage.
Good Luck and thanks for putting up with my sometimes muddled bug reports!
Brian

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Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2023 9:19 AM
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hiya,
Mr. Reef, I am glad to know that you were responsible for many NVDA
improvements and I wish you luck in your new work at canva.


On 1/11/23, Joseph Lee <joseph.lee22590@...> wrote:
[Edited Message Follows]

Hi all,

On behalf of NVDA contributors and add-ons community, I wish Reef luck in
his new endeavor at Canva.

Reef came to NV Access and the NVDA community in 2016 and made an immediate
impact with NVDA's GUI (graphical user interface) improvements. As a sighted
developer, he brought his perspective on the visual appeal of screen reader
user interface, particularly in the area of making NVDA dialogs more modern
and appealing in terms of visuals. He was responsible for the multi-category
settings dialog, wxPython toolkit testig, nad verifying the work that went
into screen curtain. Reef also contributed to shift towards NVDA testing, in
particular helping to define user interaction tests so NVDA can respond to
common user interaction scenarios. Recently, he has shown interest in
improving the NVDA add-ons ecosystem, and along with several add-on authors,
helped lay the foundation for ideas around a future NVDA add-on store (this
is his last major work). Some folks may have met him at NVDACon in the past,
often being part of NV Access keynote sessions.

Thanks for everything, Reef - you had a huge impact on my own coding work.
The work you did with NVDA impacted the community in countless ways. Please
do keep in touch, and good luck as you embark on your next adventure at
Canva.

Cheers,

Joseph
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