How blind Google engineer handles challenge of working remotely


A pedestrian walks past a building at the Google campus in Mountain View, California, US. A combination of phone calls, digital screen sharing, and even pointing a laptop or smartphone camera at his screen allow Kaja to access help when a tricky file – like a photo of text – resists technical wizardry. — Bloomberg

Kiran Kaja’s sight began to fail at birth.

Born with a rare degenerative eye disease, he is now blind. But that has not stopped him from doing what he loves, even during the pandemic.

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