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I found Clean Architecture to be a big disappointment. I specifically waited for its release to read all of his architecture-related advice in one volume, and

I found Clean Architecture to be a big disappointment. I specifically waited for its release to read all of his architecture-related advice in one volume, and then found that most of the meat was in figures and diagrams which I couldn't follow because of my visual impairment. I realise that's not entirely Uncle Bob's problem, but all the way through the book I was telling myself that it would be worth it once I reached the case study in chapter 33. At which point he zoomed through a use case and architecture diagram and called it a day. Good books have figures. The best books have figures and textual explanations to go with them.

darepublic 9y ago
Are you able to read braille? Are these diagrams translateable on that fashion?
- jscholes 9y ago
  Yes to both, but unfortunately the cost in time, money and related skills is prohibitively high: - The diagrams would need to be re-traced and any printed labels replaced with braille ones. - As braille characters can often take up more space, the labels might need to be shortened, meaning that a separate diagram key would need to be prepared. - These are technical diagrams, so if you redraw them at the same scale they appear in the book they might not necessarily be understandable in a tactile form. In terms of money, if you can get away with using A4 paper, the particular type you would need costs £0.38 per sheet. If you need to use A3, it's £0.77 per sheet. Many commercial transcription services, when you take into account the labour costs of adapting the diagram, will charge £70 plus per image, and £3-5 for additional copies if you need them. There are free transcription services provided by charities, but the staff are not experts in preparing technical diagram material and the turnover time can be six months or more. TL;DR - it's not worth it. Producing one tactile figure would cost twice the cost of the book. I don't know how many figures there are in total.

darepublic 9y ago

Are you able to read braille? Are these diagrams translateable on that fashion?

jscholes 9y ago
Yes to both, but unfortunately the cost in time, money and related skills is prohibitively high: - The diagrams would need to be re-traced and any printed labels replaced with braille ones. - As braille characters can often take up more space, the labels might need to be shortened, meaning that a separate diagram key would need to be prepared. - These are technical diagrams, so if you redraw them at the same scale they appear in the book they might not necessarily be understandable in a tactile form. In terms of money, if you can get away with using A4 paper, the particular type you would need costs £0.38 per sheet. If you need to use A3, it's £0.77 per sheet. Many commercial transcription services, when you take into account the labour costs of adapting the diagram, will charge £70 plus per image, and £3-5 for additional copies if you need them. There are free transcription services provided by charities, but the staff are not experts in preparing technical diagram material and the turnover time can be six months or more. TL;DR - it's not worth it. Producing one tactile figure would cost twice the cost of the book. I don't know how many figures there are in total.