Ted Henter
NationalityUnited States American
Born1950 (age 73–74)
Panama Canal Zone
Motorcycle racing career statistics
250cc World Championship
Active years1978
ManufacturersYamaha
Championships0
1978 championship position23rd
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
1 0 0 0 0 3

Ted Henter (born 1950 in Panama Canal Zone[1]) is an American computer programmer and businessperson known for having invented the JAWS screen reader for the blind.[2] He studied engineering, but learned computer programming and started his own business after becoming blind in a car accident in 1978, which put an end to a promising career as an international motorcycle racer.

In 1987, he teamed up with businessperson Bill Joyce, who together founded Henter-Joyce in St. Petersburg, Florida. Henter was president and led the operation and provided technology direction while Joyce acted as a silent partner. Henter-Joyce produced JAWS, a screen reader for personal computers using MS-DOS, and later Microsoft Windows.

After becoming blinded, Henter rediscovered waterskiing, and started competing in waterskiing events. He won six times out of seven competitions in the United States and twice in international competition. He retired in 1991 after winning the overall Gold medal in the United States and World Championship for Disabled Skiers.

Henter-Joyce merged with Arkenstone and Blazie Engineering in 2000 to form Freedom Scientific. Henter currently remains on the board of directors of Freedom Scientific, and in 2002 he founded Henter Math, to produce software that helps the "pencil-impaired" with mathematics.

Career statistics

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Class Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos Points
1978 250 cc Yamaha VEN
8		 ESP FRA NAT NED BEL SWE FIN GBR GER CZE YUG 23rd 3

References

  1. ↑ Bodine, Cathy (2012). Assistive Technology and Science. SAGE Publications Ltd. p. 126. ISBN 978-1-4129-8798-1.
  2. ↑ Ted Henter, at the American Foundation for the Blind; published April 30, 2004; retrieved March 5, 2014

Ted Henter at MotoGP.com


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