
Academic
Chieko Asakawa
Japanese computer scientist
- Life
- 1958 – present
- Born
- 1958
- Nationality
- Japan
Chieko Asakawa is a blind Japanese computer scientist, known for her work at IBM Research – Tokyo in accessibility. A Netscape browser plug-in she developed, the IBM Home Page Reader, became the most widely used web-to-speech system available. She is the recipient of numerous industry and government awards.



