Blind Computer Programmer
When i posted the autobiography of a blind programmer i received a lot of requests asking about the way i use the computer how i write code and how i understand abstract concepts.
Blind computer programmer. You may have to tune your environment slightly to cut down on the chatter e g. He used a minimalist text editor and a votrax speech speech synth as the print device. The problem faced by blind programmers boils down to technological progress in windows says michael freeman a computer systems programmer in vancouver wash who is blind.
Saqib shaikh a developer who happens to be blind shows how he uses visual studio 2017 with screen reader software for writing and debugging code. I was in high school at the time and said programmer was the father of a fellow hacker in my pod of computer theater and gamer nerds. Andreas stefik who discusses what we know about the usability of programming languages in this entertaining podcast has worked extensively on computing education and programming tools for the visually impaired when asked earlier this week how to teach programming to the blind he sent the response below.
The first lady was speaking at the virtual inclusive africa conference 2020 that attracted over 1 000 participants from across africa on thursday october 8. Jaws in particular is popular. I am totally blind and i work for google writing changes to the ranking algorithm.
I would point out things from my past that were not about the tools at all. How do blind computer programmers code. Learn from experts and access insider knowledge.
We re grateful for his comments and for evan williamson s recent pull request to. Last week i originally started out writing this post. Fortunately most major applications these days offer some form of handicapped access.
However i found my writing getting sidetracked all the time. Ask a question get a great answer. Originally appeared on quora.
The best answer to any question. Wambua who hails from machakos county has gone against all odds to become the first blind kenyan computer programmer. The majority of blind computer users and programmers use a screen reader of some sort.
First lady margaret kenyatta was impressed by anthony wambua from machakos county who is kenya s first blind computer programmer. Consider disabling intellisense in visual studio. For many years we have known it to be impossible for a virtually impaired person to use a computer let alone learn how to code.
First time i saw blind programmer was a professional c pm app developer back around 1982.
