GoDonnie: A robot programming language for teaching people who are visually impaired | Zendy

Juliana Damasio | Zendy; Márcia de Borba Campos | Zendy; Alexandre M. Amory | Zendy; Rafael H. Bordini | Zendy

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GoDonnie: A robot programming language for teaching people who are visually impaired

Author(s) -

Juliana Damasio,

Márcia de Borba Campos,

Alexandre M. Amory,

Rafael H. Bordini

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

anais do xxx simpósio brasileiro de informática na educação (sbie 2019)

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Conference proceedings

DOI - 10.5753/cbie.sbie.2019.1181

Subject(s) - computer science , usability , visually impaired , fourth generation programming language , human–computer interaction , first generation programming language , fifth generation programming language , c programming language , very high level programming language , robot , multimedia , visual programming language , programming language , programming domain , programming paradigm , artificial intelligence , inductive programming , functional logic programming , software

Recent work indicates that many programming environments and languages are difficult for people who are visually impaired to use, which may contribute to excluding them from a professional career in computing. This work aims to create and evaluate the use of a programming language called GoDonnie for students who are visually impaired. We developed a programming language that students use to simulate a robot’s behavior. We also introduce two usability studies that were conducted with end-users. The initial results indicate that our programming language is easy to learn by beginners and experienced programmers alike. In addition, users report high levels of enjoyment when programming in GoDonnie.

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