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Interview with Doug Lee, blind programmer

2020-11-25T15:18:51Z

Freedom Scientific's FS Cast 191 includes an interview with Doug Lee, whose scripts I have mentioned a number of times over the past few months. He writes scripts which make Jaws more accessible with various programs, including scripts for using Discord, Slack, and Microsoft Teams. This is me trying not to make squeeing fangirl noises.
Links to be podcast can be found here
https://blog.freedomscientific.com/fscast-191-all-about-computers-for-the-blind-and-an-interview-with-jaws-scripter-doug-lee/

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6 signs you aren't meant to be a programmer

2020-11-14T13:11:52Z

Kes: I've really been enjoying all the web development courses I've been taking this year, and occasionally flirt with learning a programming language, but then get discouraged when I try to find a course that doesn't use inaccessible interfaces or methods of teaching.

So, I was all ready to take a perverse pleasure in reading this article, positive that I would, by the end, have proof positive that I wasn't meant to learn programming.

Well, damn. They should have just boiled it all down and asked at the beginning: "Are you a Hermione? Well, okay, then, go for it."

Also, I will note here that, if you are looking for tech-related courses on Coursera, the University of Michigan is really committed to making their courses accessible, at least in the two instances I experienced. More about that in a later post.

https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/6-signs-meant-programmer/?utm_source=MUO-NL-RP&utm_medium=newsletter

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Ed Sharp, an accessible text editor for screen reader users

2020-10-04T12:18:39Z

I found out about this text editor for screen reader users who are writing code.

A couple of its most useful features are that it helps provide info about tabulation and formatting structure (keeping track of the levels can be really frustrating for screen reader users), and it can also be used to convert brf files into plaintext. I’m still at the reading the manual stage, so haven’t tried these features out yet.

I would be interested in hearing from anyone else who has used this editor.

Ed Sharp accessible code editor for screen reader users
by Jamal Mazrui
Download
https://www.freelists.org/webpage/edsharp

EdSharp User Guide
https://github.com/EmpowermentZone/EdSharp/blob/master/EdSharp.md

Note: the GitHub site also has a download, but I couldn't get that one to work, so I used the first one I listed.

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