I think the biggest problem is not with the speech itself but with the burden on one's ears that it brings. When you write an e-mail, you don't need to concentrate very much. It is totally opposite when writing a code. A concentration for more than 4 hours kills me because I have to pay attention to all kinds of parenthesis,brackets, quotes, semicolons etc. This is why voice indication, like that with Emacspeak, is very convenient. Best, Victor ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kirk Reiser" <kirk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2001 4:11 PM Subject: Re: Help the Floundering Newbie! > I have to insert here that I don't understand what the trouble is with > using speech. I have been developing and modifying code for many many > years and have no problem using synthetic speech. I don't even tend > to use all punctuation when looking through code. Code is code and > the structure and rules of each language dictate what one should > expect while looking through the program. I have had the pleasure of > using braille displays and braille printers and I only use speech > these days. I believe those who think it will be difficult either > make it difficult by their own concepts or have never done much > coding. I and many other coders use speech totally for our coding and > have no difficulties what-so-ever. > > Kirk > > -- > > Kirk Reiser The Computer Braille Facility > e-mail: kirk at braille.uwo.ca University of Western Ontario > phone: (519) 661-3061 > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
