[Nfb-science] An intro

[Michael Whapples]

Hello,
I firstly will say there's two sides to the computing options, there is 
the highly technical which I think is what comes to mind for most 
people, eg. writing computer code, etc. From my experience of that, I 
prefer using a Braille display while working with computer code. Now I 
do use speech at other times, so it really is a preference for me, I 
know others who seem to get on well enough with just speech.

The other side to computing relates more to the business/management side 
of things and has less technical stuff to read (I mean by less 
technical, less code, special notation, etc). This is what my post 
graduate course is more concerned with at the moment.

So before you switch you may want to look at what sort of things it will 
cover.

Also I would say that what ever you choose to do you must have the 
interest and motivation to do it, simply choosing a course to avoid 
difficulties may not work out. That's why I was saying check that if you 
want a highly technical course make sure it actually is.

Michael Whapples
On 06/03/2010 02:41 PM, John J. Boyer wrote:
> Peter,
>
> You know me already. I'm an avid braille user and use a braille display
> for everything. However, a lot of blind people program using speech
> only. Both Jaws and Window Eyes are good. I'm a Jaws user myself. For
> Linux there is Orca and brltty. For the Mac there is VoiceOver, which is
> built into the Mac Operating system. I'm actually engaged in a big
> braille transcription development projectg, so I'm a big fan of braille.
> You should learn it if you don't know it already, but if you have
> difficulty with it don't let that stop you from programming.  To learn
> about my software development work go to http://www.abilitiessoft.com
> Even bigger braille projects are in the works. We will be doing a lot
> of our programming in Java because it seems to have better
> cross-platform accessibility with SWT (Standard Widget Toolkit).
>
> John
>
> On Thu, Jun 03, 2010 at 02:06:54AM -0500, Peter Wolfe wrote:
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>>     My name is Peter, who is a junior at Auburn University. I'm
>> thinking about changing my major from social science/history education
>> to computer science/computer informational systems or software
>> engineering. I've taken most of my core curriculum so am on here to
>> find blind professions using screen readers to explain their career
>> with challenges and troubleshooting and brainstorming. As I don't know
>> what kind of science, I naturally thought of any science like computer
>> science as opposed to natural or social science? I think this should
>> be clarified even if it looks like it makes sense it's not for
>> everyone. Thanks and can't wait to hear back from you.
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>> sincerely,
>> Peter
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