The problems aren’t so much with the programming languages themselves. Hell, I
can use an ordinary text processing program to create the base code. The
problem is with the IDE (Integrated Development Environment) interface. Most of
them are graphical and very few are usable by anyone with either a screen
reader or braille. This is true for Python, C++, Java, Ruby, Perl, C#, and many
others. All the usual IDE interfaces present as graphical windows and often are
not accessible. That is where the changes need to be made the most.
Now, as far as making the code easier, adding comments to each line to briefly
explain the function involved never hurts. Unfortunately, too many code monkeys
these days don’t do this.
DE n7zzt Eric
On Nov 18, 2018, at 9:52 AM, Rich Morin <rdm@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
There have been a couple of Hacker News discussions recently on the topic
of blind programmers:
Ask HN: Blind programmers, what can I do to make my code easier for you?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18478776
Ask HN: How should a programming language accommodate disabled programmers?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18414562
-r
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