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Best ways of Reading Programming Books (self.Blind)
submitted by Mister-c2020
I am interested in Computer Science books and mathematics. I like reading because it lets me take my time learning a concept and at any point I could lookback if I forget something. For normal text books, I usually just stick with reading on my Braillenote Touch(Please note I had no choice on the Braille device). However, programming symbols and styles are best viewed on a computer. Well, at least for me anyway. I tryed reading books with Microsoft word but, I lose my place each time I open the file.
Are their any good reading applications I could use with windows for reading programming or other books with out losing my place? I am looking for something that is very accessible with Screen readers like NVDA. Something that is perhaps like Voice Dream reader on the iPhone. Thank you for all of your responses in advance and I wish you a great rest to your day!
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PS- I did not originally include this in the post but, my screen reader of choice is NVDA running on Windows 10. Thought I should add this since for other than this reason. I really do not need anything from Freedom Scientific. At least for now, nothing against those who use Freedom scientific products haha.
Are their any good reading applications I could use with windows for reading programming or other books with out losing my place? I am looking for something that is very accessible with Screen readers like NVDA. Something that is perhaps like Voice Dream reader on the iPhone. Thank you for all of your responses in advance and I wish you a great rest to your day!
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PS- I did not originally include this in the post but, my screen reader of choice is NVDA running on Windows 10. Thought I should add this since for other than this reason. I really do not need anything from Freedom Scientific. At least for now, nothing against those who use Freedom scientific products haha.
CloudyBeep 3 points 1y ago
If you use JAWS, you can set FlaceMarkers. If you use JAWS, you also get access to FSReader, an application that you can use to read content from Bookshare that remembers your place.
BenandGracie 3 points 1y ago
NVDA works with FSReader as well.
Mister-c2020 [OP] 1 points 1y ago
Oh, thanks for the info. I was wondering if it did. I should have probably made it more clear from the beginning that I use NVDA as my prefered screen reader of choice on Windows.
retrolental_morose 1 points 1y ago
it does, and there is also a place markers NVDA addon somewhere IIRC.
Adobe Digital Editions will work for ePub files too.
Adobe Digital Editions will work for ePub files too.
Mister-c2020 [OP] 1 points 1y ago
Thanks, I am checking this out right now. I love how it is free and does not require any further licenses.
Mister-c2020 [OP] 2 points 1y ago
Thanks for the information, I do not have full access to jaws. But, I do have it in demo mode. Which I could use it with. Only thing is that I’ll have to restart my computer every 40 minutes. But, thank you this helps.
CloudyBeep 2 points 1y ago
If you're a student in the U.S., Vispero and APH offer a good program for obtaining JAWS.
Mister-c2020 [OP] 2 points 1y ago
I will look into it. I am a college Senior. So, it sounds useful! Thanks for the info!
CloudyBeep 1 points 1y ago
It doesn't apply to college students unfortunately, but JAWS only costs $90 a year, which I think is a great deal.
csloth 2 points 1y ago
I use QRead for technical material like this. It works quite well. https://q-continuum.net/qread/
blind_cowboy 1 points 1y ago
There’s also the kindle app.
lucas1853 1 points 1y ago
For programming books, I get epubs and either use Pandoc to convert to html and open in my browser, or unzip the epub file and open the individual html pages in my browser.
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