Mihály Szuhaj

Between 1993 and 1996, he taught computer use to the visually impaired at the State Institute for the Blind.

Between 1995 and 1999, as a software developer and customer service associate at Recognita Rt., he participated in the design, development and maintenance of the award-winning Recognita Reader 3.0 optical character recognition program - providing product support for visually impaired users.

Between 1999 and 2000, he participated in the Hungarian translation of Sarah Morley's book "Windows 95 Explained - a Guide for Blind and Visually Impaired People".

From 2000 to 2002, he worked as a software developer at EssNet Kft. in the areas of software internationalization and localization.

Between 2000 and 2006, as the IT group leader of the Hungarian National Association of the Blind and Visually Impaired (MVGYOSZ), he managed IT projects and organized computer usage courses for blind and visually impaired people. At the same time, as the chairman of the board of trustees of the IT Foundation for the Visually Impaired (INFOALAP), he organized hardware and software donations, tenders, supervised the localization projects of the JAWS for Windows screen reader software, and organized IT courses.
Since 2006, as the chairman of the board of trustees and managing director of INFOALAP, he has expanded the software localization activity with screen magnifier programs, and also manages the development of the foundation's own assistive device software, enables the regular release of accessible Linux, and organizes INFOALAP's participation in research and development projects, in ECDL-based IT education. In addition, he is active in the development of special, keyboard-centric ECDL module teaching materials, in the care of a knowledge center supporting the education of mathematics for visually impaired students, and also provides website and software accessibility expertise.

From 2008 to 2010, he was an invited lecturer for the Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor higher professional training course launched at the Bárczi Gusztáv College of Special Education at ELTE, and he was the developer of the Communication and Information Technologies for Disability and the Workplace Accessibility curriculum unit.
From 2006 to 2014, he was a member of the board of trustees of the Public Foundation for the Opportunity of the Disabled (since 2007, its successor). Between 2007-2014, he performed advisory duties in the Bionic Glasses project at the request of the Faculty of Information Technology and Bionics of the Pázmány Péter Catholic University (PPKE). Between 2009-2010, he was a delegate of the National Council for Disability Affairs in the State Reform and Electronic Government Operative Program monitoring committees.

Awards: Information Technology Award (Recognita Reader, 1997); Person of the Year Award (Magyar Hírlap, 2003); eHungary Award (Minister of Information and Communications, 2004); Pro Caritate Award (Minister of Social Affairs and Labor, 2006); Kempelen Farkas Award (Hírcocommunications and Informatics Scientific Association (HTE), NJSZT and the Optical, Acoustic Film and Theater Technology Scientific Association, 2009); Neumann Award (NJSZT, 2009).