[nabs-l] Online Courses

Sun Jun 2 17:03:43 UTC 2013

Good morning.
With all due respect,Latin does have many precise pronunciations. Otherwise, 
how else would the Catholic church conduct mass in Latin?
Frida
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Danielle Sykora" <dsykora29 at gmail.com>
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Sent: Sunday, June 02, 2013 9:15 AM
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Online Courses


> Personally, I would choose spanish. I find it extremely easy to learn;
> like Latin, it is similar to English. Either language will help
> improve your vocabulary.
> I use jaws and a braille display which has worked well. If you change
> the language settings in jaws, you can be confident that it will
> pronounce the words correctly.
>
>
> On 6/1/13, Kate <kathrynwebster at me.com> wrote:
>> Chris:
>> I actually had materials in Braille for both languages. I used my Empower
>> Braille note and iPhone. There is a free Latin dictionary app. Latin does
>> not have many precise pernunciations, and yes I switched the language to
>> Spanish on my laptop. The reason I said what I said was because, though I
>> had Braille preparations, I knew I had to start getting ready for college
>> and the real world. With that said, I frequently practiced doing 
>> assignments
>> on my laptop with VoiceOver...this was very helpful. I also recommended
>> Spanish because Latin is more difficult to do online on account of the
>> letters utilized. Latin, as well as Spanish, are helpful with enriching 
>> any
>> individual's vocabulary skills. Therefore, I would recommend spanish 
>> because
>> it is a more common language and the screen readers can easily adapt to
>> speaking identical to a native speaker. Lastly, all laptops I have used 
>> can
>> spell out each letter of any word if I command such action..this helps 
>> with
>> spelling and grammar.
>> Kathryn
>> On May 31, 2013, at 6:54 AM, christopher nusbaum wrote:
>>
>>> Kathryn,
>>>
>>> I'm curious as to how that works with your screen reader. How were you
>>> able to ensure that your screen reader was pronouncing Spanish or
>>> Latin words correctly? Did you change your speech synthesizer's
>>> speaking language to that language when you were reading course
>>> material? Also, how were you able to deal with Latin with a screen
>>> reader? I haven't seen that as one of the language options, at least
>>> in JAWS. Did you use a Braille display at any point during these
>>> courses?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Chris Nusbaum
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>> On May 30, 2013, at 11:28 PM, Kathryn Webster <kathrynwebster at me.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> In my personal experience, I have taken both Latin and Spanish. I would
>>>> advise you to take Spanish. Please let me know if you have further
>>>> questions. I rather not bombard everyone's inbox.
>>>> Kathryn
>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>
>>>> On May 30, 2013, at 7:27 PM, Kirt <kirt.crazydude at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> If it were me personally, I think I would opt for Latin although I can
>>>>> understand why you would want to do Spanish. If you are set on Latin, 
>>>>> I
>>>>> don't really see why you would need an eloquent synthesizer for it. 
>>>>> It's
>>>>> not like Latin is something you would have to learn to speak 
>>>>> perfectly,
>>>>> with the right accent, So I can't imagine pronunciation would matter
>>>>> nearly as much as it would with something like Spanish. However, I can
>>>>> see how having access to some sort of a braille display would be very
>>>>> helpful, although I imagine you could get by without one.
>>>>>
>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>>
>>>>> On May 30, 2013, at 9:10 AM, Misty Dawn Bradley
>>>>> <mistydbradley at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I took Spanish online also this past semester, and it went well 
>>>>>> except
>>>>>> for the fact that the instructor used My Spanish Lab, which is not 
>>>>>> very
>>>>>> accessible with JAWS. Otherwise, all of the other websites and course
>>>>>> materials worked very well with JAWS.
>>>>>> Misty
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bridget Walker"
>>>>>> <bridgetawalker13 at aol.com>
>>>>>> To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list"
>>>>>> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
>>>>>> Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2013 9:25 AM
>>>>>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Online Courses
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Jaws has a built in synthesizer for Spanish but, I can see why you
>>>>>>> want to take Latin. I would take Spanish only because of the fact 
>>>>>>> that
>>>>>>> you must take the class on line. I know a jaws user who took Latin 
>>>>>>> for
>>>>>>> three years but, I am pretty sure they used braille. I can ask them
>>>>>>> and get back to you ASAP if you would like.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Best,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Bridget
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Sent from my iPad
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On May 29, 2013, at 9:54 PM, Winona Brackett
>>>>>>> <trumpetqueenwb at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hello All,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I have to take two credits of one foreign language in order to meet
>>>>>>>> graduation requirements. Because of scheduling, I have to take at
>>>>>>>> least the first credit of the foreign language online through
>>>>>>>> Florida
>>>>>>>> Virtual School. I'm enro lled in Latin I currently. I'm having
>>>>>>>> trouble
>>>>>>>> learning the language and all the different word endings. What is
>>>>>>>> Spanish like? Which course do you think is more accessible with 
>>>>>>>> JAWS
>>>>>>>> 14?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> If I continue with Latin, I will have to take Latin I and Latin II
>>>>>>>> online. (The main reason why I wanted to try Latin is so I can
>>>>>>>> improve
>>>>>>>> my English vocabulary since most of the English language is from
>>>>>>>> Latin
>>>>>>>> roots.) My school doesn't offer Latin.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> If I took Spanish I online, I could take Spanish II at school.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> What are your thoughts?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Winona
>>>>>>>>
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