[blindkid] Good idea to check books well

[Gerardo Corripio]

It's not contracted; the thing is that spanish has signs that would confuse 
English speakers. for instance the er sign is the ñ, the of sign is a 
accent; ing sign is o accented; st sign is i accented and so forth. good 
luck!
Gerardo
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bonnie Lucas" <lucas.bonnie at gmail.com>
To: "'NFBnet Blind Kid Mailing List,(for parents of blind children)'" 
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Sent: Monday, September 13, 2010 1:26 PM
Subject: [blindkid] Good idea to check books well


Yesterday, Aubrie told me that her Spanish book is written in contracted
Braille. For those who are not aware, when you write Braille in languages
other than English, you do not use Braille contractions. Some of the
contraction signs stand for other things in a foreign language such as
punctuation or accent marks. Of course, there is no way for her TVI to do
all of her lessons along with all the other Brailing he needs to do. I did
mention to him that the transcriber should be notified. Certainly this book
was not a wise purchase!

Bonnie

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