[nabs-l] Learning to program

[Zeeshan Khan]

Thanks Ari.

Yeah those books would definitely help. I use a macbook so the built in
software is voiceover for text to speech. So how do you like programming?
how's your experience been?

-Zeeshan

On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 10:37 PM, Ari Damoulakis <aridamoulakis at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi Zeeshan
> I've got some books I can attach for you. I've just started with them
> but they seem to teach in an accessible and easy way. When I come home
> from Uni I'll email you properly. Obviously these books won't make you
> a computer scientist, but it is a good idea even if you aren't going
> to be studying to that level to just know a little programming because
> you can then make things for yourself. The books I've found are
> especially for beginners who know absolutely nothing about
> programming.
> Also, what is the screen reader you use, because if you have jaws I
> have a nice book on how to start learning the scripting, which could
> be a better first step before trying programming.
> Ari
>
> On 2/19/13, Zeeshan Khan <zeek786 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi Chris,
> > Yes, thanks for that. I just signed up for it. The reason why I wanted to
> > be on this list as well was hppefully to connect with other students who
> > may possibly be CS students.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Zeeshan
> >
> > On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 8:10 PM, Chris Nusbaum
> > <dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com>wrote:
> >
> >> Zeeshan,
> >>
> >> There is a listserv on the NFBNet server which is especially for blind
> >> people who work in computer science and programming. This is the list of
> >> the
> >> NFB in Computer Science (NFBCS.) I think this list would be a great
> >> resource
> >> for you. To subscribe to this list, send an email with the subject
> >> "subscribe" (not in quotes) to nfbcs-request at nfbnet.org.
> >>
> >> Hope this helps,
> >>
> >> Chris
> >>
> >> Chris Nusbaum, Co-Chair
> >> Public Relations Committee
> >> Maryland Association of Blind Students
> >> Phone: (443) 547-2409
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Zeeshan
> Khan
> >> Sent: Monday, February 18, 2013 11:03 PM
> >> To: nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> >> Subject: [nabs-l] Learning to program
> >>
> >> Hi all,
> >> I am trying to learn programming and I am an absolute beginner. As a
> >> legally
> >> blind person I want to ask you all if anyone has learned programming and
> >> computer science as a blind person. The things is I have already gotten
> >> my
> >> degree in economics about 3 years ago, so I am not sure if I am too late
> >> to
> >> the game. So how did any of you learn computer science/  programming?
> >> What
> >> resources did you use? how long did it take you to become a decent
> >> programmer?
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> --
> >>
> >> Zeeshan Khan
> >>
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