[nabs-l] French books?

[Brandon Keith Biggs]

Hello,
What do you mean by coding the French parts as French? I have stressed 
to them over and over that I must have the acute and Grave symbols 
(Although there is circumflex in french isn't there as well)... So if I 
should tell them to do something else please let me know.
I read French Braille quite a bit (Grade 1 that is) but because it looks 
so complex, I haven't really focused on learning all the details of the 
language. But I have reference tables and I know the sounds (Kind of) of 
what each sound makes. I read German and Italian Braille fluently so I 
know about no contractions in those two languages. But I know French is 
more complex because it is the place where French began, I have to make 
sure I'm not reading French in Grade 2 because I would really die if I 
had to learn both of those symbols at once.
Thanks,

Brandon Keith Biggs

On 9/17/2013 2:35 PM, Mauricio Almeida wrote:
> 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
>> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
>> <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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