Joe McCraw.

Work

Selected projects

Case studies and practical deep-dives into developer tools, accessibility systems, AR experiments, and video engineering projects I've built.

Accessibility & Assistive Developer Tools

Software and structured guidance addressing nonvisual UI inspection, media captions, and VoiceOver training.

Caption Theater letterbox caption interface in playback
Active · open source

Caption Theater

Turning unused letterbox space around cinema-aspect-ratio video into a premium, unobstructed reading area for captions

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RA11y Quest VoiceOver interactive training challenge episodes showing The Enchanter's Trial and Crystal Resonance
Active · open source

RA11y Quest

Accessible VoiceOver training through interaction-based learning

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Swift Accessibility Agent logo: AX within blue focus brackets
Active · open source

Swift Accessibility Agent

Engineering an evidence-backed AI skill: focused guidance, executable accessibility contracts, and controlled evaluations of agent behavior.

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ViewLens native AI review interface showing visual inspector, nonvisual outline, and structured rule evaluations
Active · open source

ViewLens

A pure-Swift MCP server and CLI that gives developers and coding agents structured, accessibility-aware views of native Apple interfaces

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NUIAK pipeline from screenshots through local detection to structured UI observations
Active · open source

NUIAK — NativeUIAuditKit

Local machine vision for Apple interfaces: turn screenshots into structured controls, geometry, text, and focus observations for developers and AI tools.

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Developer Tools & Debugging

Tools and hands-on investigations for understanding application behavior and reproducing failures.

SignalLab app icon: a glowing blue and orange lab flask with a pulse waveform running through it, on a dark background
Active · open source

SignalLab

An iOS app for practicing real debugging with Xcode and Instruments, one reproducible bug at a time

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JoesProxy request table and structured response inspector with demonstration traffic
Research prototype

JoesProxy

A native Mac workbench for inspecting network traffic, preparing controlled response changes, and investigating streaming behavior.

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Live Video & Spatial Systems

Real-time AR diagnostics, color calibration, and video engineering tools for live venues and production environments.

ColdSpotting augmented reality Wi-Fi diagnostic beacons and HUD telemetry
Archived project

ColdSpotting

AR-based Wi-Fi signal diagnostics for live event engineers

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BlendBuddy abstract optical color calibration and multi-display edge blend logo
Archived project

BlendBuddy

Color calibration and multi-display convergence software for macOS and iOS

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Research & Engineering

Interactive engineering models, collective intelligence investigations, and emotion-recognition experiments.

Oblique view of the wind turbine rotor and enclosure
Technical investigation

Wind turbine simulation

Explore wind, rotor geometry, and yaw in an interactive analytical model, with static renders and downloadable data.

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Dovetail Emojify Beat the Machine facial emotion detection game
Archived project

Dovetail: Emojify

Participatory research into the biases and limits of emotion-recognition AI

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