Joseph Lee
Boulder, Colorado, United States
Summary
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RockstarJoseph Lee is a software engineer based in Los Angeles with 13 years of experience focused on accessibility and Windows-specific development. A dedicated open-source contributor, he has made significant improvements to NVDA—the widely used free screen reader—adding Windows 11 search highlight announcements, clipboard and system tray interaction fixes, and braille alert support. Originally from Seoul, he combines graduate-level study, speech and debate coaching, and volunteer engineering work, bringing strong communication and advocacy to technical problems. Joseph excels at bridging user needs and low-level Windows behavior, ensuring assistive technologies remain reliable across OS updates. His blend of hands-on debugging, accessibility expertise, and community-focused contributions makes him a valuable engineer for products serving diverse users.
14 years of coding experience
Github Skills (9)
accessibility10
ctypes10
git-repository10
ws-api10
winapi10
github-repos10
python10
wp-api10
windows-nt10
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
nvaccess/nvda
Sep 2015 - Jan 2023
NVDA, the free and open source Screen Reader for Microsoft Windows
Role in this project:
Software Developer (focused on Accessibility and Windows-specific development)
Software Developer (focused on Accessibility and Windows-specific development)Contributions:55 reviews, 289 commits, 297 PRs in 7 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Joseph's commits primarily focus on enhancing the NVDA screen reader's functionality and compatibility with Windows. They added support for announcing search highlights in Windows 11 and defined a processor architecture property within the Windows version class. Furthermore, the user addressed issues related to UI interaction in Windows 11, specifically with the clipboard history and system tray overflow windows. The user also ensured alerts are reported in braille.
nvdascreen-readerwindowsaccessibilityblind
nvdaaddons/AddonTemplate
Jul 2019 - Dec 2022
Template and metadata used by NVDA community add-ons
Contributions:3 reviews, 58 commits, 36 PRs in 3 years 5 months
nvda
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