I have a friend who is blind, the result of a progressive condition. Before he lost his sight completely, he became au fait with computers and had even done some programming. He used to be able to use GWBasic to draw pictures, and reckons something like that would be useful for his purposes. Alas, GWBasic is hard to come by these days. Does anyone know of a programming environment that would enable him to quickly and easily write a program to draw a simple line image without having to take an entire course in object-oriented programming? Obviously, the simpler the better in his case. TIA, Matt
I know there are many free BASIC compilers around, including GWBasic emulators. LOGO is even easier to use than BASIC. But the easiest option could be the HTML5 canvas, because all you need is a web browser.
I've tried HTML5 canvas and I find it very primitive. But to draw a single image, I guess it works. Most developers use flash or silverlight for complex graphic applications.