[nfbcs] JAVA

[Nancy Coffman]

have you tried Magic from Freedom Scientific? It functions much like JAWS which may help since Eclipse works with JAWS. You could download a demo and try it. Sometimes they offer a good upgrade path also.  Nancy Coffman

Nancy Coffman
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On May 10, 2013, at 8:38 PM, Suzanne Germano <sgermano at asu.edu> wrote:

> 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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