From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from adsl-kos-dsl.pacific.net.au ([202.7.93.14] helo=vimes.thewatch.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.34 #1 (Debian)) id 16kXBk-00042Z-00 for ; Mon, 11 Mar 2002 16:18:36 -0500 Received: from bursar.thewatch.net (unknown [202.7.93.11]) by vimes.thewatch.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2389DE37D for ; Tue, 12 Mar 2002 08:18:34 +1100 (EST) Received: from yvonne by bursar.thewatch.net with local (Exim 3.33 #1 (Debian)) id 16kX5k-0000bS-00 for ; Tue, 12 Mar 2002 08:12:24 +1100 From: Yvonne Smith MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <15501.7604.392758.722390@bursar.thewatch.net> Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 08:12:20 +1100 To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: free programming language In-Reply-To: <20020310180623.C1256@uic.edu> References: <000701c1c878$531c9f60$25329718@ubr.charterne.com> <20020310180623.C1256@uic.edu> X-Mailer: VM 7.00 under Emacs 20.7.2 Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.8 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: I don't actually believe I'm getting involved in this discussion, since, again, this is my oppinion and based on what I personally have used over the years. I agree with someones previous comment on basic. It's quite non-standard and trying to work out what commands are available, and how in your version of basic is enough to give you a headache. At least that's certainly what I found. My advice is either perl or python. I currently like python more than perl, but unless your screen reader can tell you how much each line is indented by, it could be a bit of a pain. The only difference from other comments here is that if you find sigwin speech unfriendly, there are native windows implementations of perl and python. I've never used them, but I know that active state for one has a windows version of both.