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Software Development at 800 Words per Minute


How I develop software at 800 words per minute with a screen reader

When moving about the interface of an application, the current control is announced Key presses Events like on-screen notifications, new text being written to a terminal, autocomplete suggestions becoming available or alerts in an ARIA live region There are keyboard shortcuts to rapidly move to different types of content (e.g. headings, links, form fields), but it doesn’t provide an instant “big picture” view of the screen. Since jumping around a file is slower than having the full context visible at a glance, I focus on understanding systems at a higher level first - mapping out the functions involved and how components interact, then drilling down into specifics.

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