Oh I'm sure there are text editors that can automatically fill up those parentheses. But it still ends up being a headache for me to trace through than, say, the translated version in Python. Like you mentioned, debugging is way harder.

What I've gathered on a superficial level is that the LISP family of languages are quite structured with little syntax ambiguity. But I get daunted by the numerous levels of brackets within brackets and I'm sure I'll probably break something by messing up the bracketing (())_(())

As great as it is for him to be able to touch-type or even transcribe by voice, and rely on text readers, I imagine the debugging process must be ridiculously tedious for him, experiencing the typical agony felt by coders but multiplied ten-fold.

It also kinda reflects a greater need for a programming environment that has extremely natural language syntax. Not only would it help speed up coding for vocal transcribers - and make it sound less awkward out loud - it'll also be super friendly to approach and muddle around for newbies.