[Athen] Developing and reading Accessible UML and ER diagrams

[Jeffrey Dell]

There is a tool that will read properly formatted UML diagrams but it
is not being updated anymore from my understanding.  It will only read
specific UML diagram formats.
http://accessible-uml.software.informer.com/
The most reasonable solution that I came across while looking into it
for a student is PlantUML.  It can be used either stand alone or with
Eclipse.  The diagrams are done solely by scripting.  The scripting
language is pretty easy to understand as well.
http://plantuml.com/
Any visual diagrams for the student that we worked with were done as
tactile diagrams.  Since UML is intended to provide a digestible
visual representation of the flow of a program it is important for
students to understand how the diagram is presented visually to enable
them to communicate with peers.
Good luck,
Jeff

On 1/8/18, Timothy Breitenfeldt <timothyjb310 at gmail.com> wrote:

> My apologies, I should have mentioned. I am a screenreader user. I

> primarily use Jaws and NVDA. So I am looking for a solution that will

> work with Jaws or NVDA.

>

> TJ Breitenfeldt

>

> On 1/8/18, Nast, Joseph <Joseph.M.Nast at lonestar.edu> wrote:

>> Hello Timothy! As you've already discovered, assistive technology that

>> makes

>> electronic content accessible to those who are blind can be significantly

>> different from what people with low vision require.

>>

>> Am I correct in assuming that you'll be creating and reading diagrams

>> electronically? Are you using any screen magnification software now like

>> Zoomtext, Magic, or Window Eyes?

>>

>>

>> -----Original Message-----

>> From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces at mailman13.u.washington.edu]

>> On

>> Behalf Of Timothy Breitenfeldt

>> Sent: Monday, January 8, 2018 12:45 PM

>> To: athen-list at u.washington.edu

>> Subject: [Athen] Developing and reading Accessible UML and ER diagrams

>>

>> Hi, I am a visually impaired computer science student, and I am taking a

>> relational database class this quarter as well as a design patterns

>> class.

>> In both classes, I will need to be able to create and read diagrams used

>> for

>> modeling.

>>

>> In my design patterns class, I will be learning UML, used for modeling

>> object oriented programming. My relational database class will require me

>> to

>> learn ER diagrams, for modeling databases.

>> From what I understand, UML and ER diagrams are similar, so hopefully I

>> can

>> find a solution that will work for both.

>>

>> I am searching for a solution for how I can make these diagrams

>> accessible.

>> Someone suggested to me Microsoft Visio, but I have never used it, and I

>> am

>> not certain if it can do everything I need it to and be accessible. I did

>> a

>> google search on UML for blind individuals, and found a lot of papers

>> that

>> have been written about the subject. There was some software that has

>> been

>> created from what I can tell, but I am having a problem locating download

>> links for the software.

>>

>> I need to be able to read diagrams that my teachers create, as well as be

>> able to create them myself.

>>

>> I found this in my searching, but from what I can tell, it only allows

>> for

>> reading UML diagrams. I have not tested it yet, but will soon.

>>

>> http://access.uoa.gr/ATHENA/eng/applications/view/263

>>

>> Does anyone have any suggestions on how I can handle these diagrams in my

>> classes?

>>

>> Thanks,

>>

>> TJ Breitenfeldt

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