Beginning Braille

I want to learn to read Braille so well I can read an entire Braille book. Where can I learn to do this, where can I find the supplies to learn, what should I get to begin learning, and where can I find a Braille book? Do NOT tell me eBay. I checked.

Braille is composed of six cells (dots). To get books that are in both braille and print one of my favorite (and cheepest) sources is seedlings Braille books for chilldron. Their novels cost about 20 bucks, wile the braille and print books cost around 7 bucks. They are a non-prophet organization located in Farmington hills Michigan. Their phone number is 1-800-777-8552 and their website is http://seedlings.org/
They have a catalog on their website. Learning braille is like learning print. Print is composed of an arangement (combination) of lines, wile braille is composed of a combination of dots arranged in a certain way.
Hear is a link that shows you the combination of dots used to make each letter http://www.afb.org/braillebug/braille_pr int.asp
On the brailler (machine that writes in braille) their are 9 keys. Starting from the far left is the enter key (for a new line) dot 3, dot 2, dot 1, the space bar, dot 4, dot 5, dot 6, and the key witch moves the cursur back one place.
I know it seems to much, but it is easy, and you will get the hang of it. Have fun, and good luck.

2009-11-21 18:45:20 by Iorek Byrnison

Learn how and why Braille was invented in a fun and educational setting! Starring: Stephanie (Money) High and Tatum **Can use for APUSH!:)

Why is there braille next to bathroom doors at say mcdonalds. Blind people cant see where the bathroom is to begin with its not like there going to know exactly where the braille sign on the door is.

lol
so true

2008-08-24 01:19:14 by Chris D

Price: $7.95

I know its west of that town that is on water the one that begins with a P. So i go west to the current and i know you stop and let the currents take you to a place to dive, so i seee this place to dive but its surrounded by rocks! i beat the eilte four i have relincanth in front and wailord last but i cant go dive to that place! what do i do?

Here's a site that tells you how to unlock the regis and how to find each one. It's really good, so I recommend it.

1.) Go to www.wiki.answers.com
2.) Type this in :

How do you ride the ocean current to the spot where unlock the reggis in pokemon sapphire?

2008-11-29 16:50:08 by lauuuu <3 ren

It's a little side project of mine. I'm certainly not going blind anytime in the next 30-40 years, but I've wanted to learn it at least the beginning phases for a while.

The problem is there are ZERO resouces available for braille. and I mean ZERO. Amazon has one of the most pathetic portion of books for learning that I've ever seen. The only good two are Braille for the sighted (which sucks according to the reviews) and Handbook for learning braille by sight, which is out of print since like 1990 lol.

I'm thinking about going to the library this afternoon and asking them for tips.

Does anyone know anything else that teaches you braille strictly from the beginning? This is frustrating.

-Travis

Braille isn't a language, just a way of transcribing English (or any other language that has an alphabet). So learning to read it is relatively straightforward.

In addition to the 26 letters, there are also a number other symbols for punctuation marks and shift characters (that indicate that following text should be capitalized or interpreted as numbers), and contractions for frequently-used letter combinations like "ch", "ed" or "ing".

And there are a number of words that have standard abbreviations. "C" by itself is the word "can"; "FR" by itself is the word "friend".

The Braille Authority of North America has issued a complete reference guide. (It is a reference rather than an instructional textbook). As a reader, everything you need to know is in the first 20 pages. The rest of the guide has the rather complex rules needed for writing abbreviated braille, but you won't need that in order to read.

2008-03-19 12:03:00 by ts5818

I am writing a story. One of the main characters is a woman who suffered damage to the occipital lobe of her brain and has gone blind. I need some information, such as what her dreams might be like. (She is around 30 years old.) Also, if you have any other information, such as how a grown person begins to learn Braille, that would be great. Thanks!

we usually dream using the brain centers that have the information stored from previous experiences , so if she saw things before she got blind she will see those things in her dreams , some people with strokes affecting these centers can see well but can't recognize the meaning or names of things .
we use the occipital lobe to organize the impulses coming from the retina and then project them to other places in the brain , so when there is a lesion in the occipital lobe we can't see but still we can dream cz we dream using the frontal lobe and other areas

and this link is for Braille , sorry I have no previous experience with it
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braille

2007-11-15 20:34:04 by Mediocre Deity