Hi, friends – I am definitely getting an education in my new position. One of my students has just enrolled in a computer class. They use Scratch, which is a block-based programming language/environment. Can anyone talk to me about how this could work with JAWS? We’ve found some incompatibilities, and so far, we’ve managed to work around them. For example, he can’t work directly within one of the windows, so he does a copy/paste of the assignment into notepad, makes his corrections, and then does a copy/paste back into the window. Is there another environment that might work better? The school is using the website http://code.org Thanks for any guidance. Sheila

What browser is he using—stay away from Internet Explorer, and use Chrome with either JFW 2018 or NVDA 2018. Just an educated guess—I haven’t worked with this website. Smile Warmest Regards: Larry L. Lewis, Jr. President and Founder Flying Blind, LLC Flying Blind Logo: A Braille Cell with a Wing Office Phone: +1 (216) 381-8107 Fax: +1 (216) 502-3353 E-Mail <mailto:larry.lewis@flying-blind.com> Visit Flying Blind on the Web <http://www.flying-blind.com/> Shop for High Tech and Low Tech Products In The Flying Blind Product Store <http://www.flying-blind.com/store.html> And Connect with Flying Blind on Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/flyingblindllc> , YouTube <http://www.youtube.com/flyingblindllc> , and LinkedIn <http://www.linkedin.com/in/LarryLLewisJR> From: AERNet [mailto:aernet-bounces@lists.aerbvi.org] On Behalf Of Sheila Amato Sent: Monday, March 26, 2018 9:41 AM To: AERNET Subject: [AERNet] computer programming for student who is blind Hi, friends – I am definitely getting an education in my new position. One of my students has just enrolled in a computer class. They use Scratch, which is a block-based programming language/environment. Can anyone talk to me about how this could work with JAWS? We’ve found some incompatibilities, and so far, we’ve managed to work around them. For example, he can’t work directly within one of the windows, so he does a copy/paste of the assignment into notepad, makes his corrections, and then does a copy/paste back into the window. Is there another environment that might work better? The school is using the website http://code.org Thanks for any guidance. Sheila

Hello, To my knowledge Scratch is completely inaccessible both in output and in interface without vision. Programming itself is completely accessible, but Scratch is sudo programming and utilizes a drag and drop interface which is not accessible. The hour of code website has this page: https://hourofcode.com/nl/supporting-special-needs-students where there is a section on blind students. The best option is Quorum. The whole classroom should use Quorum because not only is it more accessible to both sighted and blind students in presentation and output, but it has much more functionality than Scratch. https://quorumlanguage.com/hourofcode/astro1.html Here are some other resources: https://www.washington.edu/accesscomputing/resources/increasing-participation-students-disabilities-k-12-computing-2016 https://www.washington.edu/doit/accessible-hour-code Thanks, Brandon Keith Biggs <http://brandonkeithbiggs.com/> On Mon, Mar 26, 2018 at 6:40 AM, Sheila Amato <brltrans@frontier.com> wrote: > Hi, friends – I am definitely getting an education in my new position. One > of my students has just enrolled in a computer class. They use Scratch, > which is a block-based programming language/environment. > > Can anyone talk to me about how this could work with JAWS? We’ve found > some incompatibilities, and so far, we’ve managed to work around them. For > example, he can’t work directly within one of the windows, so he does a > copy/paste of the assignment into notepad, makes his corrections, and then > does a copy/paste back into the window. Is there another environment that > might work better? > > The school is using the website http://code.org > > Thanks for any guidance. > Sheila > > You are subscribed to AERNet, The Association for Education and > Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired Listserv. > > To post a message to all the list members, send an email to > aernet@lists.aerbvi.org. > > Address list requests to: aernet-request@lists.aerbvi.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, go to http://lists.aerbvi.org/ > mailman/listinfo/aernet_lists.aerbvi.org and follow instructions to > unsubscribe. Go to the same address to access the list archives. > _______________________________________________ > AERNet mailing list > AERNet@lists.aerbvi.org > http://lists.aerbvi.org/mailman/listinfo/aernet_lists.aerbvi.org > >