[Python-ideas] Accessible tools

[Florian Bruhin]

Hi,

* Bryan Duarte <bryan0731 at gmail.com> [2015-02-18 08:59:00 -0700]:
> I posted a few days ago and did not get a response. Maybe this is
> not the correct forum for this question and if that is the case I
> apologize.

python-ideas is mainly for new ideas and proposals for the Python
language itself. I think the python-list list (with generic python
topics) would probably be the better place.

> I am a blind software engineering student who is conducting research
> and would like to use Python for the developing language. I am in
> search of a tool or IDE for Python that is accessible with a screen
> reader. I have tried a number of tools but none were very accessible
> or accessible at all. I use a Mac mostly but can use Windows or
> Linux if need be. Any help would be great and again if this is the
> wrong list for this question I apologize.

I don't know much about accessibility, but I've heard about people who
find terminal applications a lot more accessible. Maybe something like
vim or emacs suits you more? Keep in mind you don't really need an IDE
to develop with python - any plain text editor works.

For emacs (I think), I've even heard about a tool (Emacspeak?) which
manages indendation using pitched sounds or voice. I guess that might
be useful for Python too.

In the stackoverflow question at [1] some people also recommend Visual
Studio, for which there are Python extensions.

[1] http://stackoverflow.com/questions/118984/how-can-you-program-if-youre-blind

Florian

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