T. V. Raman

He grew up in Pune, India.{{cite web|url=http://hci.stanford.edu/cs547/abstracts/94-95/941028-raman.html|title=PCD Seminar 10/28/94 T.V. Raman|accessdate=2007-11-07|publisher=Stanford University}}{{cite web|url=http://emacspeak.sourceforge.net/raman/phd-thesis/html/root-thesis.html|author=Raman, T. V|title=Audio System for Technical Readings (Ph.D Thesis)|accessdate=2012-12-28|year=1994|publisher=Cornell University}} Raman became blind at the age of 14 due to glaucoma,{{cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/detail?blogid=19&entry_id=7248|title=Google for the Blind|first=Jessica|last=Guynn|accessdate=2007-11-14 | work=The San Francisco Chronicle | date=19 July 2006}}{{cite web|url=http://www.washington.edu/doit/Newsletters/Dec97/10.html|title=DO-IT Mentor Profile|last=Raman|first=T. V.|publisher=University of Washington|accessdate=2007-11-14}} being previously partially sighted and able to see with his left eye. To deal with his blindness he had his brother, his mentors, and his aide read out textbooks and problems to him. Although unable to see, he was able to solve Rubik's Cube with a braille version,{{cite news |first= Miguel|last= Helft|title=For the Blind, Technology Does What a Guide Dog Can't |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/04/business/04blind.html | work=New York Times |date=3 January 2009 |accessdate=2009-01-05 }}{{cite web|url= http://cornellalumnimagazine.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=747&Itemid=1&ed=17 |title=Second Sight |date=26 April 2010 |first=Brad|last= Herzog |work=Cornell Alumni Magazine|publisher=Cornell University |accessdate=2010-04-30}}{{cite web|title=Solving a Braille Rubik's cube|publisher=YouTube|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSSLj3KvkbI |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211214/vSSLj3KvkbI |archive-date=2021-12-14 |url-status=live|first=Mukkai|last=Krishnamoorthy |date= 14 February 2007|accessdate=2007-11-07}}{{cbignore}} write computer programs, and perform mathematics.{{cite web|url=http://emacspeak.sourceforge.net/raman/publications/thinking-of-math/thinking-of-math.html|title=Thinking Of Mathematics—An Essay On Eyes-free Computing|author=T. V. Raman|accessdate=2007-11-07|date=25 May 2007|publisher=emacspeak.sourceforge.net}}{{cite web|url=http://emacspeak.sourceforge.net/OsgoodFile.html|title= Commentary: Computer Software for the Blind|publisher=CBS |work=The Osgood File|first=Charles|last=Osgood|date=1999-02-11|accessdate=2007-11-07}} (personal archive copy){{cite web|url=http://emacspeak.blogspot.com/2007_05_01_archive.html|title= An Essay On Eyes-Free Computing|date=19 May 2007|accessdate=2007-11-07|author=Raman, T. V.}}

Raman attended the University of Pune with a BS in mathematics, IIT Bombay with an MS in mathematics, and Cornell University earning an MS in computer science and a PhD in applied mathematics under advisor David Gries. His PhD thesis titled "Audio System For Technical Readings (AsTeR)" was awarded the ACM Doctoral Dissertation Award in 1994.

Recently Raman has incorporated these features in the Chrome browser.[http://allthingsd.com/20130604/t-v-ramans-audio-deja-vu-from-google-a-math-reading-system-for-the-web/ "T.V. Raman's Audio Deja Vu: From Google, a Math-Reading System for the web"] Raman went on to apply the ideas on audio formatting introduced in AsTeR to the more general domain of computer interfaces Emacspeak. On 12 April 1999, Emacspeak became part of the Smithsonian's Permanent Research Collection on Information Technology at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History. In 2005 he began work at Google. In 2018, IIT Bombay felicitated Raman with a Distinguished Alumnus Award{{Cite web|url=http://www.iitb.ac.in/alumni/en/awards/2018/distinguished-alumnus/dr-t-v-raman|title=Dr. T. V. Raman {{!}} Alumni and Corporate Relations|language=en|access-date=2018-07-19}}

• AsTeR – Audio System For Technical Readings
• Aural CSS – producing rich auditory presentations from Web content
• Emacspeak – the complete audio desktop
• XForms – Next Generation Web Forms
• XML Events – A reusable eventing syntax for XML
• XHTML+Voice – Enabling the multimodal Web via voice interaction
• RDC – Reusable Dialog Components
• AxsJAX – Access Enabling AJAX
• Google Accessible Search – for finding accessible Web content
• Thinking Of Mathematics – Thinking Of Mathematics—An Essay on Eyes-Free Computing
• Eyes-Free – Speech enabled Google Android applications.
• ChromeVox – Screen reader from Google Chrome and ChromeOS
• Chakshumati At 10 [https://chakshumati.org/ "Chakshmuti in India"] Eyes-Free Stem Education In India and Chakshumati: Profile Of T.V. Raman [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jn4VZ4uwXGI "Chakshumati: Profile Of T.V. Raman"]
• Inaugural Ceremony of T V Raman experiential Accessible Computer Science Lab Chennai on Jan 3 2025 at Karnavidya Foundation RR Tower Guindy, Chennai, India [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuDhFtAxBIA "Inaugural Ceremony of TV Raman CS Lab"]

His favorite hobby is recreational mathematics, especially those that involve an intuitive feel for mathematics.Raman, T.V. and Krishnamoorthy, M. S. "Visual Techniques for Computing Polyhedral Volumes."[https://www.cs.cornell.edu/info/people/raman/publications/polyhedra/paper.html]

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• [http://emacspeak.sourceforge.net/raman/ T.V. Raman's Personal Home Page]
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