[nabs-l] Reading grade 1 Braille electronically

[Sophie Trist]

If your friend uses a braille notetaker, she won't have to get 
books specifically in Grade 1. I switched the setting on my Apex 
to grade 1, entered a book I'd downloaded from Bookshare, and it 
came out in grade 1.

 ----- Original Message -----
From: Joshua Hendrickson <louvins at gmail.com
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list 
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Date sent: Mon, 13 Jan 2014 10:26:36 -0600
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Reading grade 1 Braille electronically

Hi.  I agree with Ryan.  I'd say that most if not all braille 
displays
will work and can be set to read grade one braille.  However, it 
might
be harder to find braille books in grade one.  This would be very
expensive, but I'm pretty sure you could get a program like 
duxbury,
set it to translate to grade one braille, and set an embosser to
emboss in grade one braille, then any document you would emboss 
would
be done in grade one braille.

On 1/13/14, Ryan Silveira <ryan.l.silveira at gmail.com> wrote:
 Hi Lucy,

 Yes, you can use any notetaker or braille display in grade one
 braille.  In fact, that is usually the default setting for most
 devices.  If you need/want help on a specific device, you know 
how to
 contact me.

 Ryan

 On 1/13/14, Lucy Sirianni <lucysirianni at earthlink.net> wrote:
 Hi all,

       I have a friend whose daughter is blind and learning
 Braille, despite some very frustrating resistance from her TVI.
 My friend's daughter has some disabilities in addition to
 blindness and because of them will likely primarily read grade 1
 Braille.  My friend is wondering, therefore, how she can best
 provide her daughter with grade 1 Braille in electronic format.
 Are there Braille note-takers or displays that make it easier to
 switch to grade 1, especially for reading books?

 Thanks, everyone!

 Lucy

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