Jim Fruchterman
Founder and CEO of Benetech, a highly innovative nonprofit company focused on using the power of technology to address social needs in areas such as disability, human rights, literacy, education, the environment, the digital divide, employment of the disadvantaged, and the prevention of suffering. Developer of the Arkenstone Reader, the first affordable reading system for the blind. Designer of Open Book, the first talking Windows program for the blind. Co-inventor of Atlas Speaks, the first accessible map software for the blind, and of Strider, a talking GPS locator for the blind. Creator of Bookshare, now the world's largest online library for people who are blind or have a print-related disability. Creator of the Martus software, for capturing the stories of human rights abuses.
Cofounder of RAF Technology, Inc., the nation's leading company in optical character recognition technology for processing forms in postal applications. RAF's software is used to route the mail in the United States and other countries.
Cofounder of Calera Recognition Systems, Inc., the first company to develop omnifont optical character recognition that worked without user training.
Founder and CEO of Benetech, a highly innovative nonprofit company focused on using the power of technology to address social needs in areas such as disability, human rights, literacy, education, the environment, the digital divide, employment of the disadvantaged, and the prevention of suffering. Developer of the Arkenstone Reader, the first affordable reading system for the blind. Designer of Open Book, the first talking Windows program for the blind. Co-inventor of Atlas Speaks, the first accessible map software for the blind, and of Strider, a talking GPS locator for the blind. Creator of Bookshare, now the world's largest online library for people who are blind or have a print-related disability. Creator of the Martus software, for capturing the stories of human rights abuses.
Cofounder of RAF Technology, Inc., the nation's leading company in optical character recognition technology for processing forms in postal applications. RAF's software is used to route the mail in the United States and other countries.
Cofounder of Calera Recognition Systems, Inc., the first company to develop omnifont optical character recognition that worked without user training.
