[nfbcs] Programming with a Braille display

[Tracy Carcione]

Hi Aaron.
I have used a braille display for more than 25 years.  I have a 40-cell
display.  I do mainframe programming.  I find the braille display
invaluable.  I can check a file name or whatever, over on the right side
of the screen, while Jaws is still reading the beginning of the line.  It
bugs my husband, because I just arrow down hearing little snippets,
reading the real stuff I'm interested in before the speech gets that far.
It also makes it much easier to find errors in spelling or punctuation,
those little things that make a program work, or not.
It's also much easier to see column layouts and report data, so I can
check my work.
I find it easier to remember things I've read in braille, so I have an
easier time if I need to read an amount in a report, then go elsewhere to
check if the amount is correct, for instance.
I think a braille display vastly improves my efficiency.
Tracy

> Hi all.
>
> I'm wondering how many programmers use a braille display?  I have been
> programming for the past several years, but I've never tried to use a
> braille display.  Do you feel that it makes you more efficient?  If
> so, how exactly?
>
> I assume the larger the display, the better?
>
> Any advice would be appreciated.  Anything I can do to make myself
> more efficient is great.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Aaron
>
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