[BlindTlk] Braille books in old old

Tue Sep 3 17:19:40 UTC 2019

Why would I want to read something in old braille it takes me an hour to read a page when I could Read and comprehend the children’s book in half an hour or less?

For me, old braille is any efficient. It’s personal preference. United English braille makes more sense to me.

Ericka Nelson

> On Sep 3, 2019, at 12:11 PM, Judy Jones via BlindTlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> The best way to get use to it is to use it.  I encourage my braille students to read, read, read, and take the pressure off trying to memorize.  When you think about it, you didn't have to memorize how to spell the majority of words in the English language when learning to read as a kid.  You were just trained to start reading a few simple phrases at first, and gradually through spelling lessons, added to your vocabulary.  But the secret is read, read, read.  Memory comes through use without the pressure of memorization.
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> There are words that you can’t combine together anymore like of the house to have a space between it. The sign for by like “by the seaside or byline Hass to be spelled out now.
> Trust me, I’ve tried to read the stuff and I can’t. It’s too confusing. Punctuation changed a lot by the way. The simple.?, Etc. didn’t but have you looked at those parenthesis? Yeah they look a lot more like print so it’s easy for me to remember how to read.
> 
> Ericka Nelson
> 
>> On Sep 3, 2019, at 12:13 AM, Judy Jones via BlindTlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> 
>> In US Braille:
>> 
>> Dropped d at the beginning of a word is letters dis.
>> In the middle is a double-d as in "daddy."
>> At the end is a period.
>> 
>> Dropped h at beginning is a open-quote
>> In middle, not used in literary braille.
>> At the end, a question-mark.
>> 
>> Dropped F:
>> At beginning is the word "to."
>> In the middle is a double-f.
>> At the end is an exclamation point.
>> 
>> These things aren't that much different in UEB, although some of the rules did change for UEB.
>> 
>> Judy
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>> From: BlindTlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Ericka via BlindTlk
>> Sent: Monday, September 2, 2019 7:20 PM
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>> Subject: Re: [BlindTlk] Braille books in old old
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>> Judy, and I learn braille as a child or had no residual vision I probably could. However I find the US braille difficult. Dropped F, drop D and dropped H. is in weird places main something depending on where they are.   That is confusing! I read faster in the new braille. I have children’s books and some religious things for the taking.
>> 
>> Ericka Nelson
>> 
>>> On Sep 2, 2019, at 6:57 PM, Judy Jones via BlindTlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi, Erika,
>>> 
>>> Actually, if you can do UEB braille, you can also read US.  There are differences in the punctuation and numbers formatting, but the numbers and letters themselves are all the same.  Most of the contractions are the same, they have done away with some of them, but you will never find a strange formation of dots you can't recognize.
>>> 
>>> I took the UEB course, just to know what it is like, and although I prefer US braille, I can read the UEB.  
>>> 
>>> Judy
>>> “Embrace the day with its mercies and blessings.”
>>> 
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>>> -----Original Message-----
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>>> Subject: [BlindTlk] Braille books in old old
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>>> I’m wondering what people are doing with braille books that are in that were produced before the 2015 change over to UEB. I have braille books that I really don’t want to toss, but I can’t read them well enough in the pre-2015 braille to justify keeping. I’m willing to send them overseas or free matter them to someone who can’t send them overseas. Let me know.
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>>> Ericka Nelson
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