[nabs-l] French books?

[Jewel]

I got my French book in Word documents. The AT specialist scanned the text, then went through and set the French portions to read with the JAWS French voice. Anyone can do this, but I don't remember how it is done. It is also very time consuming. But it allowed me to read and spell the text in French, and helped me with pronunciation. I don't know how it would be done in Braille, or if that would even be helpful, unless you happen to know French Braille, which is different from American Braille. I would suggest doing it the way I did, with the French portions of the text read with the French voice. Once you have a general grasp of the language, then you can work on learning French Braille, when all the accents will make sense. This is just my opinion, though, so you don't have to listen to me. *grins* 
-Jewel 

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On Sep 17, 2013, at 4:16 PM, Brandon Keith Biggs <brandonkeithbiggs at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello,
> I am taking a french class this Fall quarter and my school is trying to figure out how they can get me my French book. I have told them that I wanted it in Braille, but they don't know what the best way to get it to me is.
> They refused to get a French Braille transcriber because it would cost $17000 and that is the whole budget of the department. I asked them if they could do sections, but they were really put off by that quote, so are asking for other ways to get the Braille to me.
> I am wondering if anyone knows if:
> 1. Putting the clean doc through DBT on the french setting and giving it to me
> 2. giving me the clean doc and I read it on my APEX
> 
> is the better option for me?
> I've never delbt with a huge French text all on its own before, so don't know how my technology will interact with it.
> If anyone has used any of the above options please let me know.
> Thank you,
> 
> -- 
> Brandon Keith Biggs
> 
> 
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