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From: campbell%hpdmd48@hplabs.HP.COM (Gary Campbell)
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Subject: Re: C Compiler for Visually Disabled?
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Date: 13 Jun 91 16:30:08 GMT
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What will work will depend very much on what screen reading program you
are using.  I have been able to use Microsoft C 6.0 with the JAWS
(version I.) screen reader, and I think Turbo C++ 1.0 is going to work
with Artic Vision 3.03, but I've just looked at the tutorial so far.  In
both cases it will take some getting used to, and the ability to filter
pop-up windows out of lines of screen text in your head will be very
very helpful.  The screen reader needs to be able to speak screen colors
or attributes to identify highlights.  It may be possible to make these
easier to use by writing a special configuration for the speech system,
possibly in conjunction with judicious changes to the screen colors used
by the proggram, but I haven't worked on that yet.  One nice thing about
Microsoft C is that it uses the system cursor instead of a highlight bar
in the help system, and much of the time the help information covers the
entire screen instead of popping up in the middle of something else.

Most C compiler systems also have a command line version, which should
work with most any access system.

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Gary Campbell
campbell@hpdmd48.BOI.HP.COM