[nfbcs] Is majoring in information technology in a mainstream college a good idea?

[Donald Winiecki]

With respect to Jim Barbour's suggestion about reading maths, the following
might be a good rule set to start with.  (NOTE that it looks more imposing
than it really is.)

http://www.gh-mathspeak.com/examples/grammar-rules/

Best,

_don


On Fri, Aug 4, 2017 at 1:41 PM, Jim Barbour via nfbcs <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
wrote:

> Maybe in the very beginning she will need a skill reader, but the goal
> should be that any reader who can take direction from you will work well
>
> Make them a chart that shows how to read square brackets, braces, parens,
> semi-colons, etc, etc.
>
> Teach them to read from left ot right and to *not* parse expressions.
>
> As an easy example,
>
> (x + 1) - 2
>
> should *not* be read as "x plus one, minus two." Instead it should be read
> as "open paren x plus 1 close paren minus 2"
>
> This gets more intimidating with longer, more complex expressions. But, a
> reader should be able to read it and should be able to understand exactly
> what is being communicated.
>
> It's also worth noting that code can almost always now be gotten
> electronically, which is the right way to look at code these days <grin>
>
> Jim
>
> On Fri, Aug 04, 2017 at 01:27:11PM -0600, rjaquiss via nfbcs wrote:
> > Hello Amy:
> >
> >      I think an IT or CS degree is certainly doable by a blind person. I
> > obtained a BS in Computer Science in 1976, worked for Tektronix for 23
> years
> > and the NFB for 5 years. Now, I do some consulting work. I am a braille
> > reader and use a braille display along with JAWS.
> >
> >      I suggest that you learn braille if you don't already know it. I
> find
> > that an 80 cell braille display is invaluable when I program. Object
> > oriented program languages such as Java, Python, c++ and c# indent
> blocks of
> > code. Python requires blocks to be indented. A braille display displays
> > lines showing their indent.
> > Here is an example of a simple Java program.
> >
> >
> > public class Main {
> >     public static void main(String[] args) {
> >         System.out.println("Hello, World!");
> >     }
> > }
> > The web site the above code is from explains the various lines.
> > http://www.learnjavaonline.org/en/Hello%2C_World%21
> >
> > Note there are two levels of indent in the above program.
> > I would definitely look at free tutorials for learning a language like
> > Python or Java. You will likely need a skilled reader to deal with the
> > interactive development environments (IDE) that your school uses. The
> > Eclipse IDE can be used by a blind person. Hope this helps.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Robert
> >
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