Barry Rowe
Owner at Rowe Communications
Florida, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBarry Rowe is a telecom veteran and owner of Rowe Communications with nearly four decades of experience delivering PBX, data network, and wireless communications services across Central and South Florida, including exclusive support for VA Community-Based Outpatient Clinics. He combines hands-on field engineering—installs, carrier coordination, and ongoing support—with small-business leadership since 1987. In recent years he has focused on telephony, wireless systems, Cradlepoint, Grandstream, and Comcast integrations for healthcare and veteran-serving organizations. Beyond telecom, he contributes accessibility improvements to the widely used RetroArch open-source project, adding text-to-speech and keyboard accessibility features that benefit diverse users. Based in Florida and a seasoned traveler, he blends pragmatic technical problem-solving with a service-oriented approach to mission-critical communications.
10 years of coding experience
University of Maryland at College Park, MarylandThe University of Maryland, College Park
Spanish
Github Skills (9)
accessibility10
c1710
text-to-speech10
c1110
libretro10
ws-api9
winapi9
wp-api9
linux9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
libretro/RetroArch
May 2019 - Apr 2021
Cross-platform, sophisticated frontend for the libretro API. Licensed GPLv3.
Role in this project:
Accessibility Specialist
Accessibility SpecialistContributions:2 reviews, 25 commits, 28 PRs in 1 year 11 months
Contributions summary:Barry primarily focuses on enhancing RetroArch's accessibility features. Their contributions involve adding and refining text-to-speech functionality, integrating support for various narrator systems (NVDA, SAPI, and potentially others via AI services), and providing solutions for keyboard input within menus. They also address bug fixes and implement changes to make the menu system more accessible, and integrate auto-translation functionality for added convenience.
apilicensedretroarchlinuxlibretro-api
xperscore/mosql
Apr 2016 - Dec 2019
Contributions:1 PR, 2 pushes in 3 years 8 months
streamingdatabasepostgresreplicationpostgresql
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