About one out of every 200 software developers is blind.
How can blind developers code when they can’t see the screen?
Free Code Camp contributor Florian Beijers was born blind. He’s able to code using a standard-issue laptop. He uses a piece of software called a screen reader. With it, he can select a line of text or code, and hear its contents read back to him at hundreds of words per minute.
And yesterday, Microsoft published a video about how one of their developers is able to program using a screenreader and the Visual Studios code editor. As a sighted developer who stares at screens for much of my waking life, I found this video incredibly impressive and inspiring: (7 minute watch)
These are just two of the many developers out there who have figured out ways to code productively despite blindness. I hope this inspires you to keep coding despite whatever setbacks you face, and to encourage other people to do the same.
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