[nabs-l] French books?

Mauricio Almeida mauriciopmalmeida at gmail.com
Tue Sep 17 21:35:31 UTC 2013


on that note:
I am interested on learning french.
Is there any online material that is also accessible available as far
as you all know?
I am looking for a book, a website, a combination of the two, etc.

Sincerely

Mauricio

On 9/17/13, Sophie Trist <sweetpeareader at gmail.com> wrote:
> Jewel, if I were you, I would let them give you the clean doc and
> read it on your apex. That's what I do with nearly all of my
> textbooks. French is no different. The braillenote can read
> French. If you need to know how to get it to do that, feel free
> to email me offlist.
>
> HTH,
> Sophie
>
>  ----- Original Message -----
> From: Jewel <herekittykat2 at gmail.com
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> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> Date sent: Tue, 17 Sep 2013 16:58:13 -0400
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] French books?
>
> 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
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> 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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