   Language to make a learning type program
  I want to create a basic learning program in Dakota and give it out around my area. Basically it'd show pictures of whichever word they choose, and then it'll have a fluent speaker say the word (I'll get that, too), and then they can just choose different words and have the speaker say the word.It's just going to be a very basic program in hopes of motivating some of the non-speakers around my area to pick up the language again. Possibly even make it into a game later on.My question is, which would be the best way to make this program? Which would be the best way to turn it into a game? Thanks!   
  Moving to For Beginners.What kind of experience do you have with programming, if any?   ;  I have some C++ experience as well as some Flash and just a tiny bit of Python. Thanks for moving this to the correct forum!   ;  Interestingly enough, I have been bouncing the same idea around as well and have been trying to determine what languages/API/framework to use. I am, at the moment, strongly considering a browser-based "game".Languages:  Cplusplus : Beginner - IntermediateC : Beginner - IntermediateVB.net : IntermediateC# : Intermediate&#106avascript : BeginnerSilverlight (any version) : novice (as in lower than beginner)Java : noviceNote: I'd be willing to take learn any new languages if they better fit and complete task than what I have listed above.   ;Quote:Original post by MahPIyaAteI have some C++ experience as well as some Flash and just a tiny bit of Python. Thanks for moving this to the correct forum!You could create a web application with Flash. That way you wouldn't have to physically distribute the program, updates (new words etc.) are centralized and people all over the world could use it. :)   ;  Thanks for the suggestion!   ;Quote:Original post by Alpha_ProgDesInterestingly enough, I have been bouncing the same idea around as well and have been trying to determine what languages/API/framework to use. I am, at the moment, strongly considering a browser-based "game".Languages:  Cplusplus : Beginner - IntermediateC : Beginner - IntermediateVB.net : IntermediateC# : Intermediate&#106avascript : BeginnerSilverlight (any version) : novice (as in lower than beginner)Java : noviceNote: I'd be willing to take learn any new languages if they better fit and complete task than what I have listed above.Just out of curiousity, how is Silverlight easier than C#? You can design the graphics in Expression Studio, but to add interactivity, you have to write C#. C# is to Silverlight what ActionScript is to Flash.As far as the OP, when you say Dakota, you mean the language, correct? Do Operating Systems currently support Dakota out of the box, or is it spelled out with the Roman alphabet? I am just wondering how to easily support it if it is considered an "uncommon language" that is not included on the Windows disc. ;  [EDIT: Never mind; I did some research.]   ;  Yes, Dakota is an uncommon language, and traditionally there are characters that aren't in the Roman alphabet, but it's easily spelled with the Roman alphabet and exactly the same.   ;Quote:Original post by MahPIyaAteI have some C++ experience as well as some Flash and just a tiny bit of Python. Thanks for moving this to the correct forum!Flash. No contest.