[NFBCS] Reading JavaScript with a Braille Display

Thu Aug 4 22:20:34 UTC 2022

Hi Louis,

The custom dictionary for NVDA sounds like something I should try. I've
never done that before. Where do you get the sounds? Is the dictionary
application-specific? I found your code samples helpful but the ones I see
from school are many lines and eventually Visual Studio skips back to the
top of the screen when I am panning with a Braille display. I've noticed I
must be in forms mode to get the cursor to move.

I primarily use Braille. I don't know if I could do programming just with
speech or primarily with speech. Which Braille display do you use? Thanks
again for your help.

Dan

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Also note I have a custom dictionary set for visual studio.
Forexample:
=> is pronounced arrow with a click sound // comments are just one slash
with a click sound Other tricks with screen reader.
Braille I use as well, but I use it as a support item. Need to send it back
for refurbishing. Dots failing.

Lewis Wood
lewislwood at gmail.com

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Hi Robert,

Thanks for the suggestion. I always use those settings with any screenreader
when I am doing any kind of editing. I only use contracted Braille with my
QBraille when it sends back-translated text to the computer. I always have
output set to computer Braille. I don't like UEB but that's another story.

Dan

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Hello Dan:

     I suggest you set your braille display and/or NVDA to display in eight
dot uncontracted braille.
This will give you a one to one character correspondence.

Regards,

Robert

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Subject: [NFBCS] Reading JavaScript with a Braille Display

Hi all,

I'm working on a group of exercises which demonstrate functional programming
in JavaScript. The concept is understandable, but I am having trouble
reading the code samples using a Mantis Braille display with NVDA. Here's an
example. I am working with an object and need to use the reduce method on a
key in the object which contains numeric data. I'm supposed to return an
average rounded to the nearest whole number. When I look at an example, the
use of parentheses and braces is very nested. There are multiple return
statements as well as arrow functions, and parameters. All these things are
spread out over about a dozen lines. The solution makes sense but reading
the sample is almost impossible. It's difficult to keep track of how each
parenthesis or brace is opened and closed.

I used to be a mainframe programmer and ran into the same issues but got
used to reading and writing code using a Braille display with JAWS. I don't
think there are accessibility issues it's just a matter of my ability to put
the entire picture together as I am reading. Do any of you have any
suggestions?

Thanks,

Dan

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