[NFBCS] Some Access Questions for Intro CS Class

[Nathaniel Schmidt]

If pie charm is written with Java then you may need to install the Java access bridge.  Installation instructions are relatively easy to follow.

Nathaniel

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Nathaniel Schmidt
Undergraduate student
Bachelor of Computer Science (S306)
School of Information Technology
Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment
Deakin University, Cloud campus
https://sync.deakin.edu.au/profiles/student/njschmidt/
 
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> On 5 Aug 2020, at 6:18 am, Gene Kim via NFBCS <nfbcs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hey Natalie,
> 
> Pycharm was very inaccessible when I first installed it, but my instructors
> tinkered with some of the built-in accessibility settings and now it works
> surprisingly well with JAWS. I asked our CS department if they could
> document and share how they did it as that would benefit a lot of blind
> programmers, but until they put that together I think visual studio code
> would be the best alternative.
> 
> Kindly,
> Gene
> --
> Gene Sung-Ho Kim | B.S. Candidate, Symbolic Systems | Stanford University
> Secretary | California Association of Blind Students
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> On Tue, Aug 4, 2020 at 12:47 PM Greg Wocher via NFBCS <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
>> wrote:
>> 
>> Hello,
>> I do not think PyCharm is accessible. Instead of it I would use Visual
>> Studio Code for python development. GitHub is accessible and you should
>> have no issues with it. Repl.it is accessible for the most part from what I
>> have seen. It should not give you much trouble.
>> 
>> Greg Wocher
>> 
>> 
>>>> On Aug 4, 2020, at 3:21 PM, Natalie via NFBCS <nfbcs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hello:
>>> 
>>> I'm new to the list and apologize if these issues have been explored
>> before.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> I will be taking a university intro CS class this fall and have been in
>>> contact with the professor around what platforms will be used to
>>> troubleshoot accessibility. Below is a list of some programs I was
>> hoping to
>>> gather info about.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> *     PyCharm, a tool for writing Python code
>>> *     GitHub, a widely used code hosting platform where students store
>>> their code
>>> *     Repl.it, provides a way to embed live code samples into the course
>>> web pages
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Does anyone know if the above are screen reader accessible and if not, do
>>> you know of any good alternatives?
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> I tried a quick test of repl.it and was able to see the code, but could
>> not
>>> seem to access the output.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Any info is appreciated. Thanks!
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Sincerely,
>>> 
>>> Natalie
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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