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Extending an existing IDE to create non visual interfaces

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This exposes how to modify an existing progrmming workbench to make it useful and efficient for developing interfaces for the blind and partically sighted people. This work is based on abstract data types and components.

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Bouraoui, A. (2006). Extending an existing IDE to create non visual interfaces. In: Sobh, T., Elleithy, K. (eds) Advances in Systems, Computing Sciences and Software Engineering. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-5263-4_20

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