[bcab] Re: Question on learning Visual Basic with JAWS...

Hi Mark,

Your question is very difficult to answer without knowing roughly what level 
you have already attained.

If you have decided that you definitely want to learn Visual basic and want to 
use it professionally, you almost certainly need to read up on the newer dot 
net technologies.

If you don't yet know about the basics of all programming languages such as 
statements, variables, types etc. then you may need to look at something which 
can give you a bit of background in these things.

There is a wiki book on programming in general at:
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Programming

You will find a table of the various  elements of programming on this page that 
includes links to descriptions of the way in which each language approaches the 
subject.

There is a free download of Visual basic 2005 express and blind programmers 
have developed some Jaws scripts to make it more accessible.  I don't have the 
links to hand at the moment but can post them if you are interested.

I should add that I don't use Visual basic and haven't tried vs2005 myself.

Resources to investigate include:
http://www.programming.com where you will find a great many books, links and 
articles on various programming subjects along with instructions on subscribing 
to the blind programming mailing list.

Also, http://www.empowermentzone.com where you will find further tutorials 
helpful programs and scripts for Visual basic 2005 which, if I remember 
correctly, is called something like "msenv2005.exe".

Finally, I suggest that you try to find someone who already knows the language 
and can advise you on a day-to-day basis.

Most programmers work in a team.

It is very easy to hit a complete block when programming without another to 
bounce ideas off and receive suggestions from.

Regards,


Phil Medway
 
ICT accessibility developer
 
Deployment team
 
Core ICT
 
Oxfordshire County Council

Tel: 01869 347639
 
Mobile: 07980 519990
 


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Behalf Of Mark Faben
Sent: 24 September 2007 22:26
To: bcab@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bcab] Question on learning Visual Basic with JAWS...


Hi everyone hope someone has experiance here of programmeing with
using a Screenreader.

I'm using JAWS version 7 under Windows XP, and I'd really like to
finally get round to learning to programme, partly just for myself,
and partly to aid in lookign for work. I've read a fair few things
about Visual Basic and  other languages, and an awful lot seemed to
suggest Visual Basic is a good language  to start with. Obviously,
though using JAWS I need something that is accessable for me to use,
so does anyone have experiance of JAWS and Visual Basic, and any
suggestions on a good bit of software to use to do visual basic
programmeing with JAWS?

Thanks in Advance

Mark

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Mark Faben
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