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Re: Facebook Seeks Accessibility Engineer

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From: deborah.kaplan@suberic.net
Date: Oct 3, 2010 10:39AM

The Facebook job posting says: "Do you have direct experience working with assistive technology (ie screen readers)?"

I hope that whoever wrote this job description misunderstands what "i.e." means, rather than misunderstanding what "assistive technology" means. Otherwise I won't be very impressed with whatever they plan for accessibility.

(Reading further to the job description I suspect that's the case. Because one of their bullet items is "Expert knowledge of assistive technology (JAWS, VoiceOver, Dragon NaturallySpeaking)". Although once again, I hope that's not a completist list.)

That being said, anyone responding to a job description for an assistive technology expert who has to see "e.g. screen readers" to understand what assistive technology means is NOT qualified for the job.

-Deborah