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I don't know if this is helpful to you, but recently I stumbled across this[1] post by a blind developer. He's touching briefly on his setup of choice and what tools he chose and why. [1]https://www.vincit.fi/en/software-development-450-words-per-minute/ I wish you the best of luck.

Here's a cool story, from a few years ago, that I heard about here: https://www.vincit.fi/fi/software-development-450-words-per-minute/

This post is by a guy who is a blind and works as a backend web developer: https://www.vincit.fi/fi/software-development-450-words-per-minute/

Sorry to hear about what's happening to you. Read once about this guy who's using screen reader to code: https://www.vincit.fi/en/software-development-450-words-per-minute/ One of the interesting things here is the mention of web frontend frameworks which may make the frontend work possible even without seeing the frontend. Hope you'll get through the life change. Take care.

>Ask anyone who relies on accessibility features An article written by a blind programmer[1] was posted on HN a while ago, and he said he uses Notepad++ because it's a native applications and plays nice with screen reader. [1] https://www.vincit.fi/en/blog/software-development-450-words-per-minut…

Not first-hand, but I found this fascinating: https://www.vincit.fi/en/blog/software-development-450-words-per-minut…

Check this out: https://www.vincit.fi/en/blog/software-development-450-words-per-minut…

not exactly true. See https://www.parhamdoustdar.com/2016/04/12/advantages-of-being-a-blind-… or https://www.vincit.fi/en/blog/software-development-450-words-per-minut…

I onced listened in and got nothing. Found a claims of 300 words per minute [0] and 450 wpm [1], where normal speech is 150 wpm. So, 3x should be achievable with some training. [0] https://webaim.org/techniques/screenreader/ [1] https://www.vincit.fi/en/blog/software-development-450-words-per-minut…

>2x is a fashion statement The top 2 voted comments including yours made me understand for the first time that some people hearing others talk about "2x benefits" perceive it as silly superhuman braggadocio. (Maybe the "2x" does sound like Patrick Bateman's American Psycho morning routine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjKNbfA64EE) Yep, I understand what your humor is trying to do. As counterpoint, the blind have been using screen readers TTS (text-to-speech) at 2x to 3x (~300 wpm) for a long time but the masses didn't notice. (E.g. A blind programmer using TTS at 450 wpm which is about ~4x normal speaking speed: https://www.vincit.fi/en/software-development-450-words-per-minute/) However, when popular websites like Youtube added "2x" speedup function to videos, the general public suddenly noticed how it made many lethargic and dull videos more bearable to watch. (Or it turns 20-minute videos that are too long and stay unwatched into more manageable 10-minute videos that are easier to digest.) It doesn't take superhuman ability to comprehend many videos at 2x. A lot of us can just do what the blind have been doing with playback technology. (As for those productivity maximizers who looking beyond 2x and are interested in superhuman 4x+ abilities, there may be evidence from blind people that the brain can be trained to understand extremely fast speech: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-can-some-blind-people-p…