[blindkid] apology
Alyssa via blindkid
blindkid at nfbnet.org
Fri May 30 19:04:38 UTC 2014
No, when I took Spanish, it was with regular six dot Braille. The signs are pretty easy to learn, but I would recommend your daughter or her TVI should make a cheat sheet of the symbols to use until she becomes familiar with them.
Hth
Alyssa
Sent from my iPhone
> On May 30, 2014, at 1:32 PM, Julie Yanez via blindkid <blindkid at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>
> Is the 7 and 8 dot also used in brailled foreign languages? My daughter
> wants to take Spanish next year, I wanna know how easily the additional
> symbols are taught.
> On May 30, 2014 10:38 AM, "Arielle Silverman via blindkid" <
> blindkid at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>
>> Hi Pui,
>>
>> Dots 7 and 8 can be added to create some special characters in
>> computer Braille. For example, in uncontracted computer Braille, a
>> capital sign is made by adding dot 7 to any letter.
>>
>> Best,
>> Arielle
>>
>>> On 5/30/14, Pui via blindkid <blindkid at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>> Marianne,
>>>
>>> My dumb question for the day - why does the Refreshablebraille 18 have 8
>> dot
>>> cells? The TVI pointed that out to me. It also looks like the BrailleNote
>>> has 8 dot cells. Why is this?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Pui
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPad
>>>
>>> On May 30, 2014, at 9:13 AM, Marianne Denning via blindkid
>>> <blindkid at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I am sorry for my comments about blind TVIs last night. I am feeling
>>>> frustrated right now but that is no excuse for sharing it on this
>>>> list.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Marianne Denning, TVI, MA
>>>> Teacher of students who are blind or visually impaired
>>>> (513) 607-6053
>>>>
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