SODBeans

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Department or Administrative Unit

Computer Science

Publication Date

5-17-2009

Abstract

Comprehending and debugging computer programs are inherently difficult tasks for sighted programmers. These tasks are even more difficult for non-sighted programmers, who rely on audio-based representations of programs. The state-of-the-art approach to building program execution and debugging environments for non-sighted programmers is to retrofit existing visual environments with screen readers. Because of intrinsic differences in the ways humans process auditory and visual information, we argue that these environments are insensitive to the needs of the blind community. We present an alternative: SODBeans (the SonifiedOmniscient Debugger in Netbeans), a compiler, debugger, and accessibility architecture for Netbeans 6.5.

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This proceeding was originally published in 2009 IEEE 17th International Conference on Program Comprehension. The full-text article from the publisher can be found here.

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Journal

2009 IEEE 17th International Conference on Program Comprehensio

Rights

Copyright © 2009, IEEE

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