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Are screen reader configuration sets available for the Microsoft Visual Studio integrated development environment (IDE)?

April 26, 2017configuration Development Environment IDE Integrated Microsoft reader screen visual studio

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Are screen reader configuration sets available for the Microsoft Visual Studio integrated development environment (IDE)?

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Blind programmers have developed a set of JAWS scripts for Visual Studio (VS), which work with either VS 2005 or VS 2008. They do not work with VS 2010, which uses Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) controls rather than Windows Forms controls. The executable installer for the scripts works with 64-bit Windows and Windows 7, as well as earlier versions of Windows. It is available at http://EmpowermentZone.com/msenv2005.exe Pick your JAWS version in the installer dialog — the default is the latest version found on your computer. Otherwise, just press Enter to accept all defaults of that dialog. A zip archive is also available for a manual install at http://EmpowermentZone.com/msenv2005.zip Documentation for the scripts is in the file msenv2005.htm. It gives steps for manual installation. It also includes a list of hotkeys and a tutorial on developing a fruit basket program with C# and VS.