CodeTalk
Programming in IDEs is a visually intensive experience. Visually impaired developers cannot take full advantage of useful IDEs features due to their reliance on assistive technologies like screen readers, which projects the 2-Dimensional visual information to 1-Dimensional audio stream. We have identified, with the help of ethnographic studies, four broad categories of issues:
- Discoverability
- Glanceability
- Alertability
- Access to real-time Information
CodeTalk aims to systematically solve these problems. We believe, tools like CodeTalk should be available for public to build upon to ensure maximum benefit for the VI developer community. Hence, we are making CodeTalk open source. To learn more about CodeTalk, please visit the CodeTalk wiki page in GitHub.
Publications
CodeTalk: Improving programming environment accessibility for visually impaired developers
[ACM] | [PDF]
Links
CodeTalk - GitHub
CodeTalk - Microsoft Research Page
Tweets about Microsoft CodeTalk —
Press
- CodeTalk: Rethinking IDE accessibility - Microsoft Blog
- CodeTalk: Rethinking accessibility for IDEs - Microsoft Accessibility Blog
- Microsoft Tackles IDE Accessibility With Visual Studio Extension - EWEEK
- CodeTalk extension makes integrated development environments more accessible for blind and low vision developers - MILTECH
- Microsoft Tackles IDE Accessibility With Visual Studio Extension - Brinkwire
- Microsoft : CodeTalk extension makes integrated development environments more accessible for blind and low vision developers - 4Traders