Computer Science Jobs: Profile of Dr. T.V. Raman

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At Google Research, Dr. T.V. Raman is a leading-edge expert in Web standards, auditory interfaces and scripting languages. He's intrigued by how something should work when the user is not looking at the screen.

Dr. T.V. Raman:

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Dr. T.V. Raman:

Location:

native of India, currently living in California's Silicon Valley.

Age:

43.

Education:

Cornell: Ph.D. applied mathematics; Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India: MSc Computer Science; University of Pune, Pune, India: B.A. mathematics.

Current Job:

Computer scientist and engineer.

Company:

Google Research since 2005.

Previous employers:

Adobe Systems and IBM Research.

Accomplishments:

11 years of industry experience in advanced technology development; author of three books; holder of over 25 patents; work on auditory interfaces featured in September 1996 issue of Scientific American; leading edge expertise in Web standards, auditory interfaces and scripting languages; tailored Google's search service for blind users; developed software program to read aloud complex mathematical formulas.

Disability:

Lost eyesight at 14 due to glaucoma.

Quote:

"How much of a leap of faith does it take for you to realize that your phone could say, 'Walk straight and within 200 feet you'll get to the intersection of X and Y.' This is entirely doable."

Perspective:

Instead of asking how something should work if a person cannot see, Dr. Raman prefers to ask, "How should something work when the user is not looking at the screen?"

New York Times story:

For the Blind, Technology Does What a Guide Dog Can't

New York Times Inside Technology Blog, "Bits" posting:

Google's Phone Apps for the Blind, and Everyone Else

Project Eyes-free video about software that makes the touch-screen T-Mobile G1, which uses Google's Android software, more accessible to blind users offers five videos for you to explore.

Wikipedia page:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T._V._Raman

Emacspeak page:

http://emacspeak.sourceforge.net/raman/

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