Learning Braille Alphabet

What is the most common form used?

You also need to be able to feel it. I personally can't distinguish with my fingers so you'd need at least that.

2008-06-11 21:35:03 by golfandcars2

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I'm working on learning braille, and I figured since I'm also learning Spanish, then learning Spanish braille would be helpful also. I just don't want to get the 2 alphabets mixed up if they are different, like ASL and other sign languages are. Thanks.

they are the same. Braille has a standard combination of points for each letter, no matter what language the word is in. I am not sure about accents é, à, ô etc. though. I had a blind schoolmate, and she did French, German English and Latin in Braille. Greek too.. Now I come to think of it: I never checked how she did greek and now I am wondering how would braille work for languages that have a different alphabet? Like chinese, russian, japanese etc.??

2009-03-27 20:14:01 by Brian.E

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How come blind people don't use the braille of the normal alphabet, instead choosing to use braille of dots? Isn't it harder to learn?

Also, how can people who are born deaf-blind learn to use Braille?

Braille is an alphabet. By the sense of touch, the reader can translate dots into words. However, it is extremely hard for blind people to communicate when they are restricted to raised dots on a page. They can read, but how can they respond?

I am unaware there is a Braille other than dots. But then, you would have to have been born blind to understand the necessity to touch with fingertips in order to communicate.

I learned to communicate with a person born deaf by using fingers (you can spell out the alphabet using your fingers, but it's hard work). I have no idea how anyone could begin to communicate with a person born deaf an blind. I suspect Braille would not be of much use to them. However, I am open to new information in order to promote understanding. I take it you are not blind?

2008-09-19 10:17:41 by Sarah

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Resubmitting an earlier question in a different category:

Thanks in advance for your answers.
My 10 year old child was just diagnosed with Stargardt's Macular Dystrophy. I have a Braille alphabet card for her, and she is trying to learn a letter a day, but I have no idea how to put words together, and certainly cannot teach her what I do not know.
When I spoke to the Braille Institute today, they said that they don't typically teach children Braille while they can still see, but I feel that there is no better time to teach them.
So I am wondering if any of you know of any good computer programs, or even a "Braille for Dummies" type of book (myself being the dummy) that my Daughter and I can both learn basic Braille from?
Or, if any of you are familiar with Braille through remote learning, please let me know about your experience with that. For some reason, I can't quite bring myself to trust something that lets me download valuable information for free!
Thanks again!

A good book is A Field Guide for the Sight-Impaired Reader: A Comprehensive Resource for Students, Teachers, and Librarians. There is also a pocket braille cube for learning letters that I've seen used in my classroom (There's an aide that works one on one with a boy with visual impairments) I believe you can get it on Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/Pocket-Braille-Cub e-Learning-Device/dp/B000A3AE3K/ref=pd_b bs_sr_6?ie=UTF8&s=hpc&qid=121003 1439&sr=8-6

If she is in a public school system, chances are, there is a TVI (Teacher of the Visually Impaired) that will have some helpful suggestions.

Good luck!

2008-05-05 12:32:45 by judo

I am making a large alphabet chart blanket for young siblings, the girl is five and the boy two. The two year-old has only a small amount of vision,; his sister is fully sighted.

I need help with a few of the letters, because I can't come up with anything that just shouts 'Perfect!'

The chart will have pockets. On the outside of the pocket will be the letter, both in print and in braille. An object is in the pocket, attached to a ribbon/string/etc. and they can explore the objects and name them. This will help encourage the 2 year-old in learning the alphabet, letter sounds, and Braille, and reinforce the 5 year-old's knowledge of the alphabet and their sounds, and begin to encourage spelling and writing.

What I have so far:
A:

B: buttons: inch diameter buttons strung together on a string, and on the pocket also

C: Circle: stuffed fabric circle made out of bright red material that has a white circle print)

D:

E:

F: flower: a silk flower that has bright pink petals and a yellow center (the 5 y/o loooves pink)

G: gloves: a pair of green gloves

H: heart: a plastic waterfilled heart that has a squishy feeling to it (kinda like a teething ring, but it's solid in the center)

I: ivy: a strand of ivy leaves

J: jacket: a purple doll's jacket

K: keys: plastic keys on a keyring

L: laces: shoelaces..I'm going to put grommets in the pocket of this letter and weave the shoelace through to make it like a shoe, so they can tie and untie the laces.

M: Mask: A mini face mask with the eyes and mouth cut out

N: net: netting fabric, with trim along the edges

O: octagon: stuffed fabric shape made from a neat textured fabric

P:

Q: Quilt: mini quilt that I will make out of different textured fabrics

R: ring: plastic ring like kids often wear

S: star: stuffed shape made of bright yellow washcloth material with a border of bright orange shiny satin

T: triangle: another fabric shape made of a neat textured fabric

U:

V:

W: wheel: wheel off one of those larger Tonka trucks

X:

Y:

Z: zipper: short zipper, sewn onto some fabric, so it can be zipped up and down

Wjere I have blanks, I don't have anything that I find acceptable...I have backup ideas for all of these, but I'd rather not do them if there is something better.

If you have better ideas for the other letters, I'd welcome them as well.

The mother of the children has requested that I not use any items of 'food' (such as an apple for A) or 'animals' (such as elephant forE). This is because her son has difficulty relating small 'animal' things to the actual animals, and there are so many kinds of foods he's not allowed to have because of disabilities, and she doesn't want to make the blanket something negative by associating it with things he wants but can't have (like apples and cookies).

Any ideas are welcomed, and I'll give thumbs up to anyone who has good ideas for tactile objects, whether I can do them or not. Best Answer automatically to anyone who can come up with ideas for all of the letters I am having trouble with (A, D, E, P, U, V, X, Y) and explains how to make the item for the chart.
Keep in mind that all of the objects have to be tactile, as the 2 y/o has very little sight...he has light perception and can see high contrast colours, but that's about all.

a= america an america flag (some are tactile if they are sewn rather than the colors just printed)
angel - a small plastic angel like used as a cake decoration

d= doll with a diaper find a tiny doll with a removable diaper

e= evergreen a tiny little Xmas tree
easter egg a plastic egg that comes apart - another smaller egg inside

p= plow a tiny plastic truck with a plow
pin a safety pin glued shut
photograph - a black and white one of a palace - very high constrast

u= umbrella
get a paper one from a bar - then cover it with tape in long strips so the umbrella can still open and close

V = vision a pair of glasses
velcro a piece to open and close around a piece of violet colored velvet that protects the glasses

X= Xylophone You can get tiny ones of these from a place that sells minature doll house furniture or http://etradersplace.mybisi.com/product/ 42103/Dollhouse-Miniature-Circle-Of-Ring s-ampamp-Xylophone_177954.html or build one http://www.dsokids.com/2001/dso.asp?Page ID=104


Y= Yarn
make 2 knitting needles out of 2 small lengths of toothpick that you dip repeatedly into glue until they have a little ball at the end. Push those into a small ball of yellow yarn where the beginning part of the yellow yarn has been dipped in glue (This was it won't fall apart completely)

2008-10-03 16:49:46 by Jewel