Re: JAVA IDE ACCESSABILITY

  • From: Andreas Stefik <stefika@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2010 15:34:44 -0600

Hey alex,

Right now sodbeans does not support linux, however it is on the development
schedule for sodbeans 2.0.

In theory, we hope to have that finished by the summer, amongst other
accessibility enhancements.

Stefik
On Dec 29, 2010 2:26 PM, "Alex Midence" <alex.midence@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi, Benny,
>
> For Netbeans, you probably want to use the Sodbeans Ide which Andreas
> Stefik has developed with his group. I believe it does a lot to make
> Netbeans accessible. If you have more flexibility, a lot of blind
> people who code in windows will probably recommend Eclipse as the Ide
> to use since it is very accessible with screen readers. If you are
> going to work in Linux, You may wish to look into Emacspeak and
> Eclipse on Gnome desktop using Orca screen reader as I do not know the
> state of accessibility of Netbeans on that platform. Hopefully,
> someone can provide more information here on that as well as on Mac
> OSX.
>
> hth,
> Alex M
>
> On 12/29/10, Phillips, Benny <BPhillips@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Greetings,
>>
>> I have recently started to learn JAVA as part of some upcoming job
>> requirements. I am picking up the language, but need some advice on
>> accessible IDE's. It would be best if I could use NetBeans 6.1. Does
anybody
>> have any experience using NetBeans? If so which version and which screen
>> reader do you use? Are the customized scripts for NetBeans? What other
IDE's
>> are folks using for JAVA development?
>>
>> Any advice will be greatly appreciated,
>>
>> Benny
>>
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