Filip Brož Esikhathini esidlule, bengisebenza esikhungweni sezenhlalakahle esinakekela abantu abakhubazekile ngokwengqondo nangokwengqondo. Bengineklayenti elilodwa eliyimpumputhe ngaphansi kokunakekelwa kwami. Ekuqaleni wasebenzisa izinsiza ezihlukahlukene zokunxephezela namakhibhodi akhethekile ukuze asebenze futhi axhumane nabanye abantu. Nokho, lezi zibiza kakhulu, isibonelo ukuthengwa kwekhibhodi eyisisekelo yokubhala i-Braille kungabiza kufika ezinkulungwaneni ezimbalwa zemiqhele. Kusebenza kahle kakhulu ukutshala imali ocingweni oluvela kwa-Apple, oseluvele lunikeza imisebenzi yokufinyeleleka njengesisekelo.
Ngakho-ke sithengele iklayenti i-iPad futhi samkhombisa amathuba kanye nokusetshenziswa komsebenzi we-VoiceOver. Kusukela ekusetshenzisweni kokuqala, wayejabule ngokoqobo futhi engakholwa ukuthi idivayisi ingenzani nokuthi inamaphi amandla. Unjiniyela we-Apple oyimpumputhe oneminyaka engamashumi amabili nambili uJordyn Castor unokuhlangenwe nakho okufanayo.
UJordyn wazalwa emasontweni ayishumi nanhlanu ngaphambi kosuku lwakhe lokuzalwa. Lapho ezalwa wayenesisindo esingamagremu angu-900 kuphela futhi abazali bakhe babengangena esandleni esisodwa. Odokotela abazange bamnike ithuba elingako lokusinda, kodwa konke kwahamba kahle ekugcineni. UJordyn wasinda ekuzalweni ngaphambi kwesikhathi, kodwa ngeshwa waba yimpumputhe.
Ikhompyutha yokuqala
“Ngesikhathi ngisemncane, abazali bami nendawo ezungezile bangisekela kakhulu. Wonke umuntu ungigqugquzele ukuthi ngingalilahli ithemba,” kusho uJordyn Castor. Yena, njengabantu abaningi abayizimpumputhe noma abakhubazekile, wahlangana nobuchwepheshe ngenxa yamakhompyutha ajwayelekile. Lapho esebangeni lesibili, abazali bakhe bamthengela ikhompuyutha yakhe yokuqala. Uphinde wafunda elebhu yekhompyutha yesikole. “Abazali bami bangichazela konke ngesineke futhi bangibonisa izinto ezintsha zobuchwepheshe. Bangitshele, isibonelo, ukuthi isebenza kanjani, yini okufanele ngiyenze ngayo, futhi ngayiphatha,” kwengeza uCastor.
Kakade ebuntwaneni bakhe, wafunda izisekelo zokuhlela futhi waqaphela ukuthi ngolwazi lwakhe lwamakhompiyutha nobuchwepheshe angakwazi ukuthuthukisa umhlaba kubo bonke abantu abangaboni kahle. UJordyn akazange adikibale futhi, naphezu kokukhubazeka okunzima, waphumelela eNyuvesi yaseMichigan ngeziqu zezobuchwepheshe, lapho ahlangana khona nabamele i-Apple okokuqala ngqa embukisweni wemisebenzi.
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“Nganginovalo kakhulu, kodwa ngabatshela abantu bakwa-Apple indlela engangijabule ngayo ngokusebenzisa i-iPad engangiyithole ngosuku lwami lokuzalwa lweshumi nesikhombisa,” kusho uCastor. Uphawula ukuthi idivayisi isebenza kahle ngendlela emangalisayo futhi akakaze ahlangane nento efana nayo ngaphambilini. Uhlabe umxhwele abasebenzi bakwa-Apple ngentshiseko yakhe futhi bamnikeza i-internship ngo-2015 ukuze athole isikhundla esibhekene nomsebenzi we-VoiceOver.
"Ngemva kokukhipha i-iPad ebhokisini, konke kusebenza ngokushesha. Akukho okumele kumiswe,” kusho uJordyn engxoxweni. Ukuqeqeshwa kwakhe e-Apple kwaba yimpumelelo kangangokuthi wathola umsebenzi wesikhathi esigcwele ekupheleni kwawo.
Izinhlelo zezingane
"Ngingathinta ngqo izimpilo zabantu abayizimpumputhe," kusho uJordyn ngomsebenzi wakhe, ephawula ukuthi muhle kakhulu. Kusukela lapho, u-Jordyn Castor ube ngomunye wabantu ababalulekile ekuthuthukisweni kwamathuluzi nokufinyeleleka kwabasebenzisi abakhubazekile. Eminyakeni yamuva, nguyena owayephethe ngokuyinhloko uhlelo lokusebenza olusha lwe-iPad olubizwa ngokuthi i-Swift Playgrounds.
“Bengivame ukuthola imiyalezo eminingi kuFacebook kubazali bezingane ezingaboni. Bangibuze ukuthi izingane zabo nazo ziyafuna ukufunda i-programming nendlela yokwenza. Ngiyajabula ukuthi ekugcineni kuphumelele,” uJordyn wazivumela ukuba azwakale. Uhlelo olusha luzosebenzisana ngokugcwele nomsebenzi we-VoiceOver futhi luzosetshenziswa izingane ezingaboni kahle kanye nabantu abadala.
NgokukaCastor, ukwenza i-Swift Playgrounds ifinyeleleke kungashiya umyalezo obalulekile esizukulwaneni esilandelayo sezingane ezingaboni ezifuna ukuhlela nokudala izinhlelo zokusebenza ezintsha. Engxoxweni, u-Jordyn uphinde achaze ulwazi lwakhe ngamakhibhodi e-Braille ahlukene. Bayamsiza ngokuhlela.
Ayikho enye inkampani yezobuchwepheshe engaziqhayisa ngezinga eliphezulu kangaka lokufinyeleleka kwabantu abakhubazekile. Phakathi nenkulumo eyisihluthulelo ngayinye, i-Apple yethula ukuthuthukiswa okusha nokwengeziwe. Engqungqutheleni yokugcina ye-WWDC 2016, baphinde bacabanga ngabasebenzisi bezihlalo ezinamasondo futhi balungiselela uhlelo lokusebenza lwe-watchOS 3 kubo i-Apple Watch manje izokwazisa abasebenzisi bezihlalo zabakhubazekile ukuthi kufanele bahambe ngezinyawo esikhundleni sokwazisa umuntu ukuthi avuke. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, iwashi lingakwazi ukubona izinhlobo eziningana zokunyakaza, njengoba kunezihlalo zabakhubazekile eziningana ezilawulwa ngezindlela ezahlukene ngezandla. UJordyn uqinisekisa yonke into kunhlolokhono futhi futhi uthi uhlala esebenzisa i-Apple Watch.
