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Joe Stephen

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My name is Joe Stephen. I'm a software engineer/music producer/author from Tasmania Australia. I'm married with 9 children. I worked at Vispero for nearly 30 years developing JAWS for Windows. I've also contributed to a couple of Open Source amateur radio accessibility projects, adding voice prompts to a handful of chinese radios (see AccessibleGD77 and OpenRTX). I've written or co-written 8 books and produced about 12 albums of original contemporary Christian music. I love being productive!

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Joe Stephen
@JoeStephen@caneandable.social

My name is Joe Stephen. I'm a software engineer/music producer/author from Tasmania Australia. I'm married with 9 children. I worked at Vispero for nearly 30 years developing JAWS for Windows. I've also contributed to a couple of Open Source amateur radio accessibility projects, adding voice prompts to a handful of chinese radios (see AccessibleGD77 and OpenRTX). I've written or co-written 8 books and produced about 12 albums of original contemporary Christian music. I love being productive!

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Joe Stephen
@JoeStephen@caneandable.social

My name is Joe Stephen. I'm a software engineer/music producer/author from Tasmania Australia. I'm married with 9 children. I worked at Vispero for nearly 30 years developing JAWS for Windows. I've also contributed to a couple of Open Source amateur radio accessibility projects, adding voice prompts to a handful of chinese radios (see AccessibleGD77 and OpenRTX). I've written or co-written 8 books and produced about 12 albums of original contemporary Christian music. I love being productive!

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@JoeStephen@caneandable.social · Jan 20, 2026

Hi all, here's a video I made of the Aurora last night in Tasmania. Since most of us can't see it, I interviewed people who could. I composed the music for it and compiled a few photos and videos taken by my family in a few locations around Tasmania.

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@JoeStephen@caneandable.social

My name is Joe Stephen. I'm a software engineer/music producer/author from Tasmania Australia. I'm married with 9 children. I worked at Vispero for nearly 30 years developing JAWS for Windows. I've also contributed to a couple of Open Source amateur radio accessibility projects, adding voice prompts to a handful of chinese radios (see AccessibleGD77 and OpenRTX). I've written or co-written 8 books and produced about 12 albums of original contemporary Christian music. I love being productive!

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Joe Stephen
@JoeStephen@caneandable.social

My name is Joe Stephen. I'm a software engineer/music producer/author from Tasmania Australia. I'm married with 9 children. I worked at Vispero for nearly 30 years developing JAWS for Windows. I've also contributed to a couple of Open Source amateur radio accessibility projects, adding voice prompts to a handful of chinese radios (see AccessibleGD77 and OpenRTX). I've written or co-written 8 books and produced about 12 albums of original contemporary Christian music. I love being productive!

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@JoeStephen@caneandable.social · Dec 01, 2025

A father said to his son, "You graduated with honors. Here is a Volkswagen Beetle that I bought many years ago... It is over 50 years old, but before I give it to you, take it to a dealership downtown and ask how much they are offering you."
The son went to the dealership, came back to his father and said, "They offered me $10,000 because it looks very used." The father said, "Take it to a
pawn shop."
The son went to the pawn shop, came back and said, "They only offered me $1,000 because they say it is too old."
Finally, the father asked his son to take the car to a classic car club and show it there. The son took the car to the club, came back and said, "Some
people at the club offered me $100,000! because it is a very rare car and sought after among the members."
The father said to his son, "I wanted you to understand that the right place appreciates you in the right way. If they don't value you, don't be angry,
it just means you're in the wrong place. Those who know your value are the ones who truly appreciate you. Never stay in a place where they don't recognize your value!"

Taken from:
https://extremelyinterestingfacts.quora.com/A-father-said-to-his-son-You-graduated-with-honors-Here-is-a-Volkswagen-Beetle-that-I-bought-many-years-ago-It-is

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My name is Joe Stephen. I'm a software engineer/music producer/author from Tasmania Australia. I'm married with 9 children. I worked at Vispero for nearly 30 years developing JAWS for Windows. I've also contributed to a couple of Open Source amateur radio accessibility projects, adding voice prompts to a handful of chinese radios (see AccessibleGD77 and OpenRTX). I've written or co-written 8 books and produced about 12 albums of original contemporary Christian music. I love being productive!

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Joe Stephen
@JoeStephen@caneandable.social

My name is Joe Stephen. I'm a software engineer/music producer/author from Tasmania Australia. I'm married with 9 children. I worked at Vispero for nearly 30 years developing JAWS for Windows. I've also contributed to a couple of Open Source amateur radio accessibility projects, adding voice prompts to a handful of chinese radios (see AccessibleGD77 and OpenRTX). I've written or co-written 8 books and produced about 12 albums of original contemporary Christian music. I love being productive!

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@JoeStephen@caneandable.social · Nov 26, 2025

Well, it doesn't rain, it pours. Since losing my job, we discovered the tyres on our vehicle are down to the canvas, our hot water service rusted through and is now leaking in our bedroom wardrobe, and our Septic system started backing up and needed an emergency pump out. It seems to happen in threes. Not sure how much more stress I can take. On a brighter side, I have a couple of part time contracts coming up and a third in negotiation which will help pay for the tyres and the hot water replacement and clean-up.

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@JoeStephen@caneandable.social

My name is Joe Stephen. I'm a software engineer/music producer/author from Tasmania Australia. I'm married with 9 children. I worked at Vispero for nearly 30 years developing JAWS for Windows. I've also contributed to a couple of Open Source amateur radio accessibility projects, adding voice prompts to a handful of chinese radios (see AccessibleGD77 and OpenRTX). I've written or co-written 8 books and produced about 12 albums of original contemporary Christian music. I love being productive!

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Joe Stephen
Joe Stephen
@JoeStephen@caneandable.social

My name is Joe Stephen. I'm a software engineer/music producer/author from Tasmania Australia. I'm married with 9 children. I worked at Vispero for nearly 30 years developing JAWS for Windows. I've also contributed to a couple of Open Source amateur radio accessibility projects, adding voice prompts to a handful of chinese radios (see AccessibleGD77 and OpenRTX). I've written or co-written 8 books and produced about 12 albums of original contemporary Christian music. I love being productive!

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@JoeStephen@caneandable.social · Nov 24, 2025

Thanks, it's nice to have this community.

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Joe Stephen
@JoeStephen@caneandable.social

My name is Joe Stephen. I'm a software engineer/music producer/author from Tasmania Australia. I'm married with 9 children. I worked at Vispero for nearly 30 years developing JAWS for Windows. I've also contributed to a couple of Open Source amateur radio accessibility projects, adding voice prompts to a handful of chinese radios (see AccessibleGD77 and OpenRTX). I've written or co-written 8 books and produced about 12 albums of original contemporary Christian music. I love being productive!

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Joe Stephen
Joe Stephen
@JoeStephen@caneandable.social

My name is Joe Stephen. I'm a software engineer/music producer/author from Tasmania Australia. I'm married with 9 children. I worked at Vispero for nearly 30 years developing JAWS for Windows. I've also contributed to a couple of Open Source amateur radio accessibility projects, adding voice prompts to a handful of chinese radios (see AccessibleGD77 and OpenRTX). I've written or co-written 8 books and produced about 12 albums of original contemporary Christian music. I love being productive!

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@JoeStephen@caneandable.social · Nov 23, 2025

Thanks all for your kind welcome messages. I'd love you to listen to my story posted a couple of days ago. Have a great day.
Joe

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Joe Stephen
@JoeStephen@caneandable.social

My name is Joe Stephen. I'm a software engineer/music producer/author from Tasmania Australia. I'm married with 9 children. I worked at Vispero for nearly 30 years developing JAWS for Windows. I've also contributed to a couple of Open Source amateur radio accessibility projects, adding voice prompts to a handful of chinese radios (see AccessibleGD77 and OpenRTX). I've written or co-written 8 books and produced about 12 albums of original contemporary Christian music. I love being productive!

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Joe Stephen
Joe Stephen
@JoeStephen@caneandable.social

My name is Joe Stephen. I'm a software engineer/music producer/author from Tasmania Australia. I'm married with 9 children. I worked at Vispero for nearly 30 years developing JAWS for Windows. I've also contributed to a couple of Open Source amateur radio accessibility projects, adding voice prompts to a handful of chinese radios (see AccessibleGD77 and OpenRTX). I've written or co-written 8 books and produced about 12 albums of original contemporary Christian music. I love being productive!

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@JoeStephen@caneandable.social · Nov 23, 2025

Thanks, it only seemed like yesterday when I was holding my newborn son and thinking, I'm now a father, that was 26 years ago.
It's very sad, many of my prior colleagues at Vispero all went through the years of babies and toddlers and teens together. I feel just so much grief at the sudden and brutal termination by new people who never knew any of us who worked and grew together and went through so much together creating JAWS.

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Joe Stephen
@JoeStephen@caneandable.social

My name is Joe Stephen. I'm a software engineer/music producer/author from Tasmania Australia. I'm married with 9 children. I worked at Vispero for nearly 30 years developing JAWS for Windows. I've also contributed to a couple of Open Source amateur radio accessibility projects, adding voice prompts to a handful of chinese radios (see AccessibleGD77 and OpenRTX). I've written or co-written 8 books and produced about 12 albums of original contemporary Christian music. I love being productive!

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Joe Stephen
Joe Stephen
@JoeStephen@caneandable.social

My name is Joe Stephen. I'm a software engineer/music producer/author from Tasmania Australia. I'm married with 9 children. I worked at Vispero for nearly 30 years developing JAWS for Windows. I've also contributed to a couple of Open Source amateur radio accessibility projects, adding voice prompts to a handful of chinese radios (see AccessibleGD77 and OpenRTX). I've written or co-written 8 books and produced about 12 albums of original contemporary Christian music. I love being productive!

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@JoeStephen@caneandable.social · Nov 23, 2025

Hi all, not only have I entered the next phase of my work life, but today, 23 Nov 2025, my first grandson Mavric Thomas Stephen was born to my oldest son, Caleb and his wife Hayley. His nickname of course is already topgun.

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Joe Stephen
@JoeStephen@caneandable.social

My name is Joe Stephen. I'm a software engineer/music producer/author from Tasmania Australia. I'm married with 9 children. I worked at Vispero for nearly 30 years developing JAWS for Windows. I've also contributed to a couple of Open Source amateur radio accessibility projects, adding voice prompts to a handful of chinese radios (see AccessibleGD77 and OpenRTX). I've written or co-written 8 books and produced about 12 albums of original contemporary Christian music. I love being productive!

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Joe Stephen
Joe Stephen
@JoeStephen@caneandable.social

My name is Joe Stephen. I'm a software engineer/music producer/author from Tasmania Australia. I'm married with 9 children. I worked at Vispero for nearly 30 years developing JAWS for Windows. I've also contributed to a couple of Open Source amateur radio accessibility projects, adding voice prompts to a handful of chinese radios (see AccessibleGD77 and OpenRTX). I've written or co-written 8 books and produced about 12 albums of original contemporary Christian music. I love being productive!

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@JoeStephen@caneandable.social · Nov 22, 2025

Hi all, here's my story, recently given at a local pizza night in Launceston. The song at the end was performed live but in the recording I replaced it with the home studio version because the live one wasn't recorded well at all by my pocket Olympus recorder which I had just to record the actual talk.

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@JoeStephen@caneandable.social

My name is Joe Stephen. I'm a software engineer/music producer/author from Tasmania Australia. I'm married with 9 children. I worked at Vispero for nearly 30 years developing JAWS for Windows. I've also contributed to a couple of Open Source amateur radio accessibility projects, adding voice prompts to a handful of chinese radios (see AccessibleGD77 and OpenRTX). I've written or co-written 8 books and produced about 12 albums of original contemporary Christian music. I love being productive!

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Joe Stephen
Joe Stephen
@JoeStephen@caneandable.social

My name is Joe Stephen. I'm a software engineer/music producer/author from Tasmania Australia. I'm married with 9 children. I worked at Vispero for nearly 30 years developing JAWS for Windows. I've also contributed to a couple of Open Source amateur radio accessibility projects, adding voice prompts to a handful of chinese radios (see AccessibleGD77 and OpenRTX). I've written or co-written 8 books and produced about 12 albums of original contemporary Christian music. I love being productive!

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@JoeStephen@caneandable.social · Nov 22, 2025

See my response to Jonathan's intro about my thoughts about door knobs. <g>.
Joe

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@JoeStephen@caneandable.social

My name is Joe Stephen. I'm a software engineer/music producer/author from Tasmania Australia. I'm married with 9 children. I worked at Vispero for nearly 30 years developing JAWS for Windows. I've also contributed to a couple of Open Source amateur radio accessibility projects, adding voice prompts to a handful of chinese radios (see AccessibleGD77 and OpenRTX). I've written or co-written 8 books and produced about 12 albums of original contemporary Christian music. I love being productive!

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Joe Stephen
Joe Stephen
@JoeStephen@caneandable.social

My name is Joe Stephen. I'm a software engineer/music producer/author from Tasmania Australia. I'm married with 9 children. I worked at Vispero for nearly 30 years developing JAWS for Windows. I've also contributed to a couple of Open Source amateur radio accessibility projects, adding voice prompts to a handful of chinese radios (see AccessibleGD77 and OpenRTX). I've written or co-written 8 books and produced about 12 albums of original contemporary Christian music. I love being productive!

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@JoeStephen@caneandable.social · Nov 22, 2025

Thanks, David, its a pleasure to meet you and be part of such an interesting community. Over the years I haven't had a lot to do with the blind community, not because I didn't want to, but when you work by yourself and have a large family, most of your time is just taken up and work itself is quite isolating. Just dealing with the every day battles meant I didn't know about nor have incling to go searching for such a community.

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@JoeStephen@caneandable.social

My name is Joe Stephen. I'm a software engineer/music producer/author from Tasmania Australia. I'm married with 9 children. I worked at Vispero for nearly 30 years developing JAWS for Windows. I've also contributed to a couple of Open Source amateur radio accessibility projects, adding voice prompts to a handful of chinese radios (see AccessibleGD77 and OpenRTX). I've written or co-written 8 books and produced about 12 albums of original contemporary Christian music. I love being productive!

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Joe Stephen
Joe Stephen
@JoeStephen@caneandable.social

My name is Joe Stephen. I'm a software engineer/music producer/author from Tasmania Australia. I'm married with 9 children. I worked at Vispero for nearly 30 years developing JAWS for Windows. I've also contributed to a couple of Open Source amateur radio accessibility projects, adding voice prompts to a handful of chinese radios (see AccessibleGD77 and OpenRTX). I've written or co-written 8 books and produced about 12 albums of original contemporary Christian music. I love being productive!

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@JoeStephen@caneandable.social · Nov 22, 2025

Thanks so much Jonathan for that intro and I absolutely love the name of this group, it is very clever indeed. I was pleasantly inundated with new messages in my inbox today. I'm new to all of this so forgive me if I don't explicitly reply to something but I'll do my best. One of the reasons why I never joined social media is that I have extremely limited free time. I also have very sore wrists and elbows from so much typing over the years so I try and limit it but Glen suggested I join and Jonathan also seconded it so here I am. I certainly recognize a few names from the past 3 decades, so hi to you all.
Actually, someone just posted about the architecture of door knobs and quite frankly I was just feeling the pain of that this morning as I had to twist rather than push down on a lever to open my door and was thinking how I need to change all the handles to save my wrists.
Have a great day and as I said, forgive me if I don't post as often as others.
Thanks for the welcome.
Joe

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Joe Stephen
@JoeStephen@caneandable.social

My name is Joe Stephen. I'm a software engineer/music producer/author from Tasmania Australia. I'm married with 9 children. I worked at Vispero for nearly 30 years developing JAWS for Windows. I've also contributed to a couple of Open Source amateur radio accessibility projects, adding voice prompts to a handful of chinese radios (see AccessibleGD77 and OpenRTX). I've written or co-written 8 books and produced about 12 albums of original contemporary Christian music. I love being productive!

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Joe Stephen
Joe Stephen
@JoeStephen@caneandable.social

My name is Joe Stephen. I'm a software engineer/music producer/author from Tasmania Australia. I'm married with 9 children. I worked at Vispero for nearly 30 years developing JAWS for Windows. I've also contributed to a couple of Open Source amateur radio accessibility projects, adding voice prompts to a handful of chinese radios (see AccessibleGD77 and OpenRTX). I've written or co-written 8 books and produced about 12 albums of original contemporary Christian music. I love being productive!

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@JoeStephen@caneandable.social · Nov 21, 2025

Hi all, for anyone interested, our music is at https://twoservants.bandcamp.com
If you are using JAWS, use the JAWS cursor to click the play button or use the mobile version of Band Camp.

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@JoeStephen@caneandable.social

My name is Joe Stephen. I'm a software engineer/music producer/author from Tasmania Australia. I'm married with 9 children. I worked at Vispero for nearly 30 years developing JAWS for Windows. I've also contributed to a couple of Open Source amateur radio accessibility projects, adding voice prompts to a handful of chinese radios (see AccessibleGD77 and OpenRTX). I've written or co-written 8 books and produced about 12 albums of original contemporary Christian music. I love being productive!

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Joe Stephen
Joe Stephen
@JoeStephen@caneandable.social

My name is Joe Stephen. I'm a software engineer/music producer/author from Tasmania Australia. I'm married with 9 children. I worked at Vispero for nearly 30 years developing JAWS for Windows. I've also contributed to a couple of Open Source amateur radio accessibility projects, adding voice prompts to a handful of chinese radios (see AccessibleGD77 and OpenRTX). I've written or co-written 8 books and produced about 12 albums of original contemporary Christian music. I love being productive!

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@JoeStephen@caneandable.social · Nov 21, 2025

Hi all, I'm new to Mastodon and social media for that matter. Just introducing myself. See my profile.

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@JoeStephen@caneandable.social

My name is Joe Stephen. I'm a software engineer/music producer/author from Tasmania Australia. I'm married with 9 children. I worked at Vispero for nearly 30 years developing JAWS for Windows. I've also contributed to a couple of Open Source amateur radio accessibility projects, adding voice prompts to a handful of chinese radios (see AccessibleGD77 and OpenRTX). I've written or co-written 8 books and produced about 12 albums of original contemporary Christian music. I love being productive!

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Joe Stephen
Joe Stephen
@JoeStephen@caneandable.social

My name is Joe Stephen. I'm a software engineer/music producer/author from Tasmania Australia. I'm married with 9 children. I worked at Vispero for nearly 30 years developing JAWS for Windows. I've also contributed to a couple of Open Source amateur radio accessibility projects, adding voice prompts to a handful of chinese radios (see AccessibleGD77 and OpenRTX). I've written or co-written 8 books and produced about 12 albums of original contemporary Christian music. I love being productive!

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@JoeStephen@caneandable.social · Nov 21, 2025

Know therefore this day, and consider [it] in your heart, that the LORD he [is] God in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath: [there is] none else. (De 4:39)

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