stty erase in a script

does anyone know how to incorporate this in a script so users can actually make use of their backspace button that they've grown accustomed to?

stty erase ^H --- this isn't working the script. works on command line but i wanna invoke it whenever this program of mine is run so users can use their back space button. how do i do this?

Before typing ^H, type ^V ([CTRL-V]).

thanks a million