[nfbcs] JAVA

[Suzanne Germano]

So Eclipse is accessible for screen readers? I use ZoomText for
magnification and am frustrated with Eclipse because there is no cursor
tracking.


On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 4:26 PM, Currin, Kevin <kwcurrin at live.unc.edu>wrote:

> Hello
> Eclipse takes a bit of getting use to, but its definitely worth it in my
> opinion. It offers a debugger, auto indention correction and a convenient
> way to store all your java files. These features save much more time than
> learning eclipse takes. A braille display is definitely useful, but i dont
> use one and it works out fine. Overall, java is farely accessible
> Kevin
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On May 10, 2013, at 6:02 PM, "Robert Jaquiss" <rjaquiss at earthlink.net>
> wrote:
>
> > Hello Tara:
> >
> >     You will likely get lots of feedback about JAVA. When I wrote Java
> > code, I preferred to use a text editor and run Java from the command
> line.
> > Eclipse is an IDE and is I understand reasonably accessible. I would
> > concentrate on learning Java without the complications of using an IDE. I
> > also found a braille display to be absolutely essential. For example,the
> > strings carmake, Carmake, CarMake and carMake are all unique and could
> all
> > be used in the same program. A braille display will show you which
> letters
> > are uppercased. Hope this makes sense.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Robert
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: nfbcs [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Tara Annis
> > Sent: Friday, May 10, 2013 1:42 PM
> > To: nfbcs at nfbnet.org
> > Subject: [nfbcs] JAVA
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > I'm starting computer science courses this summer, going for a
> Bachelor's in
> > CS.  The first course deals with JAVA.  So, I was wondering if this type
> of
> > programming is accessible to those using screen readers?  Also, are there
> > any type of programming or other aspects of the CS curriculum that are
> > difficult or impossible for a blind person?
> >
> > Thanks for the help,
> > Tara
> >
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