[nabs-l] French books?

[Jewel]

There is a way to code the French words to be read in a French voice. This is different from just having the accents. You do need the accents, but making the book French words be read in a French voice means that the English voice does not mispronounce everything. I don't remember how to do this, but if you're just Disability office does not know how to do this, they can call JAWS. 

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On Sep 18, 2013, at 1:40 PM, Brandon Keith Biggs <brandonkeithbiggs at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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