[nfbcs] JAVA

[Suzanne Germano]

I am a mac user. In general the little I tested Magic I preferred zoomtext
on windows systems. Also magic crashed one of the programs I was required
to use in class Microsoft VPL.


On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 9:07 AM, Nancy Coffman <nancylc at sprynet.com> wrote:

> 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
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> 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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