[nabs-l] grade 3 braille

Tue Feb 4 17:12:29 UTC 2014

Good morning, Chris,

Have you ever heard of people's corresponding personally, perhaps 
taking a few notes on what they learn? braille need not be strictly 
utilitarian, you know.At 07:11 AM 2/4/2014, Chris Nusbaum wrote:
>Has anyone seen anything which has been transcribed in Grade 3? It 
>might be something interesting to learn, but to my knowledge there 
>is little use for it other than for training purposes.
>
>Chris Nusbaum
>
>Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Feb 4, 2014, at 9:53 AM, Ryan Silveira 
> <ryan.l.silveira at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I will echo what has already been said here--it is a more contracted
> > version of grade 2.  I learned a little of it in 7th grade, but never
> > used it.  I honestly wonder if anyone does use it.  I don't know
> > anyone who does.  Lillie, it's not exactly like texting in braille.
> > It's more like shorthand.  Before computers were as easily available
> > as they are now, secretaries and court stenographers learned a system
> > of writing called shorthand.  Basically, it was a system of symbols,
> > like grade two braille, that would be substituted for letters.  For
> > example, if you were sighted and taking minutes for a meeting, as you
> > do for OABS, you might use shorthand.  It's different than texting
> > shorthand because it actually uses symbols like grade two braille uses
> > contractions.  Grade three braille is basically contracted
> > contractions.  I believe I still have a book at my mother's house
> > somewhere that has the grade three code.  If your really curious, I
> > can get it and give it to you.
> >
> > Ryan
> >
> >> On 2/4/14, Loren Wakefield <theweird1 at mediacombb.net> wrote:
> >> T does come in handy.  I know some of it, and my wife knows quite a bit.
> >> There use to be a course from Hadley that you could take and learn grade
> >> III.
> >>
> >> Loren
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Carly
> >> Mihalakis
> >> Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2014 1:15 AM
> >> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list; National
> >> Association of Blind Students mailing list
> >> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] grade 3 braille
> >>
> >>
> >> Hi, Sami,
> >>
> >>         Grade 3 is even more deeply contracted than is Grade 2  and is
> >> used
> >> primarily for personal correspondence and notetaking purposes. Learn it if
> >> you can!
> >> for today, Car
> >> 408-209-3239
> >>
> >> as far as I know is used for personal correspondence and 
> notetaking  a syAt
> >> 06:23 PM 2/3/2014, David Andrews wrote:
> >>> Grade 3 Braille has lots of abbreviations.  It is basically a Braille
> >>> shorthand.  There aren't a lot of teaching materials, and nothing
> >>> regularly printed in it.  It was never widely used.
> >>>
> >>> Dave
> >>>
> >>> At 07:45 PM 2/3/2014, you wrote:
> >>>> Hi All.
> >>>>
> >>>> I am creating this topic further to Dave's post about NFB training
> >>>> centers, who said that he learned Grade 3 Braille in those  centers.
> >>>> I didn't want to post this in that topic so as not to go off-topic.
> >>>> So I would like to know, could someone try to explain how this works?
> >>>> Because to be honest, this is the first time that I'm hereing about
> >>>> it.  Was this only discovered recently? Does it have, say, more
> >>>> contractions then grade 2 braille uses?
> >>>> I'm sure that I'll be able to understand your explanations about it,
> >>>> because I have been using braille for quite a long time (since I was
> >>>> in kindergarten, and now I'm in 11th grade).  I don't think I've
> >>>> learned grade 2 braille when I first sttted to learn braille, but I
> >>>> have been using grade 2 braille for as long as I can remember, and am
> >>>> therefore very good at it, if I say so myself.
> >>>> Not only that, but I just finished the course on Braille music at my
> >>>> music school.
> >>>> I hope you'll be able to explain how Grade 3 Braille works.
> >>>> Thanks.
> >>>>
> >>>> Sami.
> >>>
> >>>
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