[access-uk] Re: Problems programming with speech
- From: "Andrew Hodgson" <andrew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2006 17:53:23 +0100
Hi Barry,
Yes, the BCAB list is really the place for this one.
Andrew.
-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Carol Pearson
Sent: 24 October 2006 17:25
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Problems programming with speech
I suggest you contact BCAB ASAP. Hopefully you'll reach a wider list
there
of people who may be able to help
How I wish I could!
--
Carol
carol.pearson@xxxxxxxxxxxx
you.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dj Paddy" <mygroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "BCAB List" <bcab@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2006 4:47 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Problems programming with speech
> Hi all.
>
> I am in the second year of a computer science honors degree.
>
> I am having great difficultys when it comes to coding and reading code
> using window eyes/jaws.
>
> I understand that alot of computer programmers use braille displays?
> However, I can not read braille so a braille display is out of the
option
> for me.
>
> Where I'm coming unstuck is when it comes to reading somebody elses
code,
> and deciphering it, to then go and modify/add to it.
>
> As many of you know when it comes to reading text we have three main
> methods.
>
> 1. By character.
>
> 2. By word.
>
> 3. By line.
>
> Of course we have further application specifics, such as sentence,
> paragraph etc. However, these do not help when it comes to reading
> computer code.
>
> My problems with the reading methods are below. Note: I accept I may
not
> be implamenting these methods as efficiently as I could be. So am
open to
> suggestions.
>
> A. I find reading by character is slow and cumbersome.
>
> B. Reading by word comes unstuck when we introduce symbols such as <
> ()
> [] {} " etc.
>
> For example,.
>
> Take the string of text,
>
> http://www.google.com
>
> If we try and read that by word, we get the hole string. Not,
>
> "
> Http:
> //
> www
> .
> google
> .
> com
> "
> C. By line unless you are fluent with code is hard to pick up exactly
> what the line of code is saying.
>
> My fellow sighted students have the advantage of using development
> languages that take advantage of formatting such as, indentation,
colour
> coding etc. This makes it much easier for them to see what a piece of
code
> is calling/performing/referencing etc.
>
> While I can have Window Eyes/Jaws announce formatting changes. This
is
> yet more information to have to take in along with the codes syntax.
> Additionally it is not just a line that changes colour but often
> words/symbols within that code as well.
>
> Is there anyone out there who has ran into these difficultys and can
offer
> suggestions? I'm literally getting tension headaches because of this.
>
> My lecturer has began spending some extra time with me, explaining the
> logic. I am grasping these concepts, it's simply when it comes to
coding
> I freak out.
>
> I'm also going to try and break the problems down into some
understandable
> sudo code for myself.
>
> So I'll work the problem out in English and then go and find the code
that
> performs each statement.
>
> I'm going to have to spend alot of time on this one module, which is a
> hard fact but it's either that or don't proceed with my degree. Which
> would be a real shame as I enjoy computing and I have the technical
> knowledge and understanding to complete this degree, witha fair
amount of
> hard graft.
>
> Help!
>
> Barry
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