Chieko Asakawa

By admin , 16 March 2026
Chieko
Asakawa
Female
Description

Developer of the IBM Home Page Reader, a Netscape browser plug-in that became the most widely used web-to-speech system available, Asakawa was a blind Japanese computer scientist whose work at IBM Research – Tokyo focused on accessibility. She was the recipient of numerous industry and government awards.

Created IBM Home Page Reader
Date of Birth
1958
Chieko Asakawa
she/her

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