Chieko Asakawa

Chieko Asakawa
Chieko Asakawa
浅川智恵子
	Chieko Asakawa during a field experiment in Nihonbashi, Tokyo in 2017
Born	Osaka, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Education	Ph.D. engineering
Alma mater	University of Tokyo
Awards	National Academy of Engineering (2017); Women in Technology International Hall of Fame; IBM Fellow (2009); Anita Borg Institute Women of Vision Award; Japanese Medal of Honor;
	Scientific career
Fields	Computer science, Accessibility

Chieko Asakawa (浅川智恵子, Asakawa Chieko) 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.