[nabs-l] question concerning Spanish 1 class

[Laurel and Stockard]

I do French, English, Spanish, Russian and Arabic. I agree, the voice on real speak for some languages isn't as great, but it is another option and it can be helpful at times. I also am starting on German and love studying other languages like Swedish, Dutch, many african languages etc. Languages are both my hobby and my passion, and because of this I have done lots of research on different screen reader options in different languages. :-)
Laurel
On Aug 26, 2013, at 5:00 PM, nfb frida wrote:

> I absolutely abhore realspeak solo, it sounds like a reporter from
> Telemundo with a real bad, bad cold.
> 
> On 8/26/13, Laurel and Stockard <laurel.stockard at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hey Kayla,
>> You can easily make JAWS speak in Spanish. You can either select one of the
>> Spanish voice profiles, save it, and adjust it how you want, or you can
>> download a realspeak solo direct voice from freedom scientific's website and
>> use that. It's very doable. I can't help you with the pac mate stuff, but I
>> know 6 languages and successfully use JAWS/voiceover both in my language
>> use.
>> Hope this helps
>> Laurel
>> On Aug 26, 2013, at 3:03 PM, Mary Fernandez wrote:
>> 
>>> Kayla,
>>> Having taken quite a number of foreign courses, I'm a big believer in
>>> Braille, particularly when you are starting. For assignments, you can
>>> either copy and paste the assignment questions into Word, if that's
>>> possible, and import them into your Packmate that way, and just type
>>> up your answers on the online assignment. I don't have a packmate so
>>> cannot help with the Braille display connectivity, but I'm sure
>>> someone here will. For tests you can either ask for an electronic copy
>>> and ask the professor how confortable they are with you taking it
>>> using your packmate, or get a Braille hard copy. If you can do it on
>>> your own, I strongly recommend that you do instead of getting a
>>> reader. It's important to learn spelling, syntax, grammar, and
>>> pronunciation, and with a brand new language these might be lost if
>>> someone is just reading to you.
>>> 
>>> Best of luck!
>>> Mary
>>> 
>>> On 8/26/13, Kayla Weathers <brailleprincess at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Hi all,
>>>> I’m taking a Spanish 1 class this semester in college and was curious
>>>> as to the strategies that other blind students have used to be
>>>> successful in foreign language courses. I have a Braille copy of the
>>>> textbook and from what I have seen thus far, there doesn’t seem to be
>>>> that many differences in Spanish and English Braille. The professor
>>>> posts the majority of the assignments, quizzes, and tests for the
>>>> course   online.  I know it is possible to configure JAWS to speak in
>>>> Spanish, and have considered trying this to complete the online
>>>> assignments however, since I have had no prior experience with Spanish
>>>> I’m not sure how effective that particular strategy will prove to be.
>>>> I’ve also considered the option of using a reader to complete the
>>>> assignments. I was also wondering how to configure the Pacmate qx 400,
>>>> so that I will be able to use it to complete assigned work in Spanish?
>>>> Thanks, Kayla
>>>> 
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>>> 
>>> --
>>> Mary Fernandez
>>> "I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will
>>> forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them
>>> feel."
>>> —
>>> Maya Angelou
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