Re: [livecode] Live coding by visually impaired

From: alex <alex_at_slab.org>
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2015 11:21:13 +0100

Thanks Dan, I'm meeting the student today, will be in touch after that

Justin I'm naive about this too, I've just been having some fun
playing with emacspeak though.

Surprised that screen readers can go up to around 400 wpm
  https://soundcloud.com/freecodecamp/zersiaxs-screen-reader

cheers

alex

On 5 October 2015 at 11:05, Justin Northrop <justinorthrop_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm currently developing a live-coding programming language called
> TanScript which I'm trying to make usable without vision via sonified
> programs and a simple, predictable, and reliable method of navigating
> programs using hotkeys. TanScript programs are not typed using text, but
> are 'played' using a sequence of hotkey presses, each of which stands for a
> single instruction.
>
>
> Because TanScript programs are sonified, TanScript is easily can be used to
> compose music. I've written about it here:
>
> https://www.reddit.com/r/Mneumonese/comments/3mbgmi/tanscript_as_a_musical_language/
>
> I haven't yet found any literature on programming languages and IDE's for
> the blind, so anything you can give me here will be very helpful.
>
> - Justin
>
>
> On Mon, Oct 5, 2015 at 5:49 AM, RITUALS <hellodanhett_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Not specifically, but by coincidence my wife is an assisstive technology
>> for the visually impaired up here in Manchester. I'm endlessley interested
>> in this tech, and she's obviously very nailed down in terms of
>> understanding what's out there already and what's on the horizon - can I/we
>> assist in any way?
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