[nfbcs] Creating Jaws or NVDA Accessible UML and ER Diagrams

[Jude DaShiell]

Whether anyone has software or not, it's always wise to know how to do 
any of this work with and without software since if you or an employer 
do not have or cannot afford that software, you can produce either way 
and that makes you more flexible and more marketable.

On Tue, 16 Jan 2018, Timothy Breitenfeldt via nfbcs wrote:

> Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2018 20:31:22
> From: Timothy Breitenfeldt via nfbcs <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
> To: NFB in Computer Science Mailing List <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Timothy Breitenfeldt <timothyjb310 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [nfbcs] Creating Jaws or NVDA Accessible UML and ER Diagrams
> 
> Thank you for the replies, I am looking into plant UML as a means to
> textually write out the design, and be able to convert it ino  a
> visual image that my teacher will like. I am going to also play with
> GSK, and see if I can make it work for creating ER diagrams.
>
> TJ Breitenfeldt
>
> On 1/16/18, Sabra Ewing via nfbcs <nfbcs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> They have various pieces of software where you can write code or pseudo code
>> and it will convert it into a diagram.
>>
>> Sabra Ewing
>>
>>> On Jan 16, 2018, at 12:59 PM, Currin, Kevin via nfbcs <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> For ER diagrams, I assign an object to one type of shape (say square) and
>>> its attributes to another shape (say circle). I then position an object on
>>> the x-y grid, position its attributes a few spaces away on multiple sides,
>>> and draw undirected lines between objects and attributes. For inheritance,
>>> I draw directed lines between objects. I try to arrange objects and
>>> attributes so that attributes are to the left and right of objects (and at
>>> slight angles if needed to fit all attributes) and related objects up and
>>> down from each other.
>>>
>>> This is just a method I used in the past and is just a template; you
>>> should use your own creativity combined with instructor preferences for
>>> your graphs. Just be sure to clearly describe the choices that you made to
>>> your instructor in case it looks slightly different from the conventions
>>> used by sighted students.
>>>
>>> I've never made a UML diragram. If it can be made with line and node
>>> graphs, then you should be able to do it with GSK.
>>>
>>>
>>> ________________________________________
>>> From: nfbcs [nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] on behalf of Timothy Breitenfeldt
>>> via nfbcs [nfbcs at nfbnet.org]
>>> Sent: Friday, January 12, 2018 9:26 PM
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>>> Cc: Timothy Breitenfeldt
>>> Subject: Re: [nfbcs] Creating Jaws or NVDA Accessible UML and ER Diagrams
>>>
>>> Wow, this is a pretty cool peace of software. How are you useing it to
>>> create ER diagrams. I downloaded it and played with it a little, but I
>>> am not sure if I understand all of its capabilities. Do you think I
>>> could use this for UML?
>>>
>>> TJ Breitenfeldt
>>>
>>>> On 1/12/18, Currin, Kevin via nfbcs <nfbcs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>> I use gsk:
>>>> https://research.csc.ncsu.edu/accessibility/GSK/index.html
>>>>
>>>> This allows you to make node and line graphs, which can be used to
>>>> construct
>>>> ER diagrams. I haven?t used it since it was updated from Java to c# but
>>>> it?s
>>>> probably easier to use now because of that.
>>>> Let me know if you have any questions, Kevin Sent from my iPhone
>>>>
>>>> On Jan 12, 2018, at 8:32 PM, Timothy Breitenfeldt via nfbcs
>>>> <nfbcs at nfbnet.org<mailto:nfbcs at nfbnet.org>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi, I am new to the list. I am a blind computer science major, and I
>>>> am taking design patterns and relational databases this quarter. In
>>>> both of these classes, I have to create diagrams for design purposes.
>>>> In my design patterns class, I am learning UML to model object
>>>> oriented programs, and my relational database class is teaching me how
>>>> to create ER diagrams. I am looking for a solution as a screenreader
>>>> user to be able to create and read these types of diagrams.
>>>>
>>>> Does anyone have any experience or suggestions on how I can handle this?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> TJ Breitenfeldt
>>>>
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