1980s: Japanese screen reader. character description.
1988: online braille translation by IBM Japan
1996: 95Reader. screen reader for Windows
1997: IBM Home Page Reader. male voice for text, female voice for link.
1998: PC-Talker. best selling in Japan.
1999: 95Reader with Japanese braille support.
2001: JAWS for Windows from IBM Japan.
2006: Mobile phone which announce input method.