RE: Some stories
- From: "Chris Hofstader" <chris.hofstader@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2008 06:44:55 -0500
Hi,
While neither a "story" or "entertaining" the biggest problem I have
observed as both a blind programmer myself and as a manager thereof is a
combination of being overwhelmed by the number of syllables a screen reader
might use to describe a single line of code, the level of indentation or the
text description of a single symbol - while this may seem like a simple
problem, it can quickly cause the user's short term memory to overflow and
require rereading the text in smaller chunks.
The other major issue comes from the inevitable homophones which may have
radically different meanings but, contextually, are close together. I
cannot think of any specifics at the moment but I'm only on coffee mug
number one. I do, however, recall having had to cursor through some code
segments to learn that some other programmer used things that sound alike
but look different and caused me terrific confusion.
cdh
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[mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Andreas Stefik
Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2008 7:54 PM
To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Some stories
Hello all,
I have recently completed the first draft of my dissertation, which is
on blind computer programmers and using audio to program. In it, I've
created a special C programming environment, ran a ton of experiments,
and written more than any human would probably want to read.
At the very end of my dissertation, I thought it might be nice to
include a section, a few paragraphs, on some "classically bad audio
interfaces." Does anyone have any stories of interacting with a
program, using Jaws or any other interfaces that use audio, that are
so comically bad that they have you scratching your head?
I would love to hear some stories, if folks wouldn't mind sharing.
(The funnier the better)
Just curious,
Andreas
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