Braille Books For The Blind

I am Living In Australia, I am Blind, I am Looking For Books In Braille For Learning The French Language, And Also I Want Harry Potter In French Braille, One More Thing, I Want To Know Whether There is A Cellular Phone For Blinds In Australia and From Where I Can Bring All This? Thanks

if your are a blind dude, how in the fuck did you type this question, and go to the internet and find yahoo answers....how in the hell are you gonna read our answers?!?!

2007-11-04 21:47:05 by nadercorner

Thanks to a series of Braille books on astronomy, being blind or visually impaired isn't a road block to understanding and appreciating the ...

They have specific speaking programs for the blind.

Uhhh. I thought blind people couldnt use computers because of their....errr lack of sight

2007-12-20 17:25:01 by gldnsilnc

Price: $66.95

the student also do not have any video resources, i need some teaching technics that will help me in teaching student in seventh and eighth grade.

Why do they not have braille books is the first thing you should figure out. Is the school neglecting their responsibility to these students? If so then that is a big problem and you need to get in touch with someone at the school to find out why they don't have their books yet and when they'll be getting them. DId they not learn braille? Another common problem for blind students is when they have a little eyesight, but not enough to really read print affectively, but since they have a little the school decides they don't need to learn braille. If this is the case there are a few alternatives. RFBD (Reading for the Blind and Dyslexic) can be contacted and they will provide books in audio format as well as a player for the audio books if the student doesn't already have one. Free of charge. As for writing, if the student knows how or can learn how to type, lessons can be done on a computer using ZoomText (screen magnification software) or JAWS (text-to-speach screen reader). If there are worksheets to be done you can type them up and e-mail them to the students. Work out a system of e-mailing assignments back and forth, or the student can simply save his/her work to a disk or print it out for you. I have a few friends who do this in their honors classes at one of the local highschools. Looking up vocab definitions can be done on a computer as well, or the student can use an electronic hand-held dictionary, but the school would have to provide one of those and if they haven't provided braille books yet it seems unlikely they will provide any other assistive technology. Computers is definitely the way to go. If you have any other questions or need specifics you can feel free to e-mail me at Gryfindorgirl90@aol.com. I am blind and have been my entire life, and I have a number of blind friends and contacts both in and out of school. We've all had to use alternative methods when we didn't have the materials we needed in accessible format. Sent me a message and I will do what i can to be of further assistance.

2007-11-28 12:17:25 by Neo13

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I've never seen a "braille section" in a library, and all of the card catalogs are now on computers, so a blind person could not even look up a book. How do they do this? Braille books exist, but where are they and how are they able to access them?

Assistive technology for people who are blind is expensive but lots of it exists.

Many books are now available on computer, some on books on tape, and some in Braille. For research, most people - blind or not - depend on the computer. There are programs that can read out loud what is on the screen, and if you want a copy of what you heard can print it out in Braille via an embosser. In a library there are often embosser - or you can email what you want home and emboss it there.

When a person wants to write - they have many choices. For quick notes they can use a Braille slate. For more involved information they can use several different electronic devices where they can type in their notes in Braille. Laptop computers can be used.

I am not blind but I do work for a person who is. I type my work the way I want, then I use a program called Duxbury that translates it into Braille, and then I print it with an embosser.

She does the same, but her computer talks. If she presses a key it can say what key she pressed or a combination of keys tells her different information or makes the screen move up and down or whatever.

Fewer than 2% of the population now use Braille. Sadly it is becoming a lost science as more and more children are learning to use computers and less need for Braille.

For those who do read Braille books - they can get Braille books sent to them free from the National Public Library or any of their local libraries. Braille documents are sent free by mail as they are so much more cumbersome than regular documents.

There are volunteers who read out loud to people who are blind and do not read Braille. There are radio programs that regularly read specific newspapers or magazines on the air - so you can listen to your favorite newspaper or magazine read on a regular basis.

There is so much more - the world of Blindness has changed a lot with accessible reasonably priced technology. And it will only get better in the future as prices get lower.

2008-02-08 12:54:20 by Gum Drop Boy

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Hope this helps!

2007-07-16 09:57:04 by surbhs10