[blindkid] apology

m-masek@hotmail.com via blindkid blindkid at nfbnet.org
Fri May 30 22:26:44 UTC 2014


Has anyone used a smart brailer for their little ones

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----- Reply message -----
From: "Alyssa via blindkid" <blindkid at nfbnet.org>
To: "Julie Yanez" <jyanez112 at gmail.com>, "Blind Kid Mailing List,	(for parents of blind children)" <blindkid at nfbnet.org>
Subject: [blindkid] apology
Date: Fri, May 30, 2014 2:04 pm


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

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> 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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