Programming Assistant System Using Improved Flowchart for the Visually Impaired

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to assist the visually impaired to develop applications. There is a method for the visually impaired to develop applications by reading program codes with screen reader. In this method, the visually impaired can read code on line by line and select a line by knocking the up and down arrow key on the keyboard. After that, they can read the processing and describe an instruction before and after the processing. However, such an operation takes them a long time. Therefore, we suggested the system which let develop applications by editing flowcharts. This system converts program code into flowchart and read blocks in the flowchart. In this system, they can select blocks by knocking the left, right, up and down arrow key. We compared the time for rewriting programs between approach and the proposed system. As a result, the time reduced in all programs.