RE: Advice for a programmer losing vision?
- From: "Holdsworth, Lynn" <Lynn.Holdsworth@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:16:29 +0100
And there must surely be a plethora of free and cheap screen
magnification solutions for Linux. Anybody know anything about those?
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From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tyler
Littlefield
Sent: 15 June 2009 16:09
To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Advice for a programmer losing vision?
Bill,
Something you might check out is the speakup project found at:
http://linux-speakup.org
They have a mailling list, and a good community.
Basically speakup is the community for one of the linux screen readers
that is out, that uses espeak,flite,or festival.
HTH,
Thanks,
Tyler Littlefield
Web: tysdomain.com
email: tyler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
My programs don't have bugs, they're called randomly added features.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Cox" <waywardgeek@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, June 15, 2009 9:03 AM
Subject: Re: Advice for a programmer losing vision?
> Thanks, Jim.
>
> It makes me feel a lot better to hear you say that. I've been here
> before,
> with the typing problem, and there wasn't much of any community at the
> time
> to help. Yes, I will most likely stay in the linux world, though I
would
> not rule out controlling linux boxes through cygwin bash shells and
emacs
> like I did before. I also hope to help with development of some of
the
> tools being used.
>
> Bill
>
> On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 10:47 AM, Homme, James
> <james.homme@xxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
>> Hi Bill,
>>
>> You can definitely be productive as a programmer in your situation.
>> According to me, you have come to the right place to ask these kinds
of
>> things. We have a lot of great people on this list. Do you want to
stay
>> in
>> the Linux world?
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>>
>>
>> Jim
>>
>>
>>
>> ----------
>>
>> Jim Homme, Usability Engineering.
>>
>> 412-544-1810.
>>
>>
>>
>> Note: I will reply to email and voice mail within four hours.
>>
>>
>>
>> "Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence.
>>
>>
>>
>> "Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people
with
>> talent.
>>
>>
>>
>> "Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb.
>>
>>
>>
>> "Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts.
>>
>>
>>
>> "Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent."
>>
>> - Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933)
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:
>> programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Bill Cox
>> *Sent:* Monday, June 15, 2009 10:32 AM
>> *To:* programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> *Subject:* Advice for a programmer losing vision?
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi.
>>
>> Sorry if you get a lot of first-time dumb posts, like this. I've got
a
>> rare genetic defect that's causing me to lose my central vision.
It's a
>> lot
>> like macular degeneration, but I'm only 45 years old. I've been a
>> programmer all my life, and have succeeded in dealing with disability
>> before. I could not type for three years. I mostly program in C on
>> Linux.
>>
>> What tools should I learn, what forums should I join, and what skills
>> should I develop to stay a productive programmer? I'm very good at
>> building
>> custom environments, which I did when I couldn't type. For example,
>> should
>> I bother with Braille, and which screen readers are best for mail,
web
>> browsing (and which browser?), and controlling shells and emacs? I
>> expect
>> to have peripheral vision for a long time. Do programmers with only
>> peripheral vision fare better reading text up close, or using screen
>> readers?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Bill
>>
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