*Edit:*

I want to express my thanks and appreciation for all the boosts and comments! I had no idea this would get spread so widely, and I'm humbled by the support.

I'll reply to this post with the plan that I have for the next session.

Original post below...

I'm volunteering at my daughter's elementary school by teaching a "coding club" for 5th graders during their lunch and afternoon recess.

It mostly went great, except I left nearly in tears...

One of the kiddos that joined is blind, and I discovered that the coding programs for kids don't appear to be accessible *at all*.

First we tried Swift Playgrounds, but that didn't seem to work with VoiceOver. Then, he said that he's liked ScratchJr. in the past, and he got frustrated with that because he couldn't get his cat to move.

I'm kinda at a loss for how to help him. He left crying because he thinks that he can't get it, but I'm sure he can. Does anyone have any advice?

Thanks!!

#coding #swiftplayground #blind #accessibility #apple #ipad

@hpux735

Hello!!!
First of all I'm really sorry that this happened, please don't feel bad, this is such a general issue on a global level and it's really frustrating that its so hard for apps to be made to be inclusive and accessible.
Now, I searched a bit :
Have you tried the Hour of Code page?
https://hourofcode.com/gr/en/learn

it seems that they have accessibility options, for example activities that support screen readers (the options are on the left side of the page), I haven't tried any of the apps personally but maybe you will find something for coding there.

I found this information from this page:
https://code.org/accessibility