[nabs-l] Reading grade 1 Braille electronically

minh ha minh.ha927 at gmail.com
Mon Jan 13 23:39:52 UTC 2014


I want to echo what Sophie said--you don't need to specifically get a
book in grade one braille. A note taker can switch between the grades
very easily.
Minh

On 1/13/14, Sophie Trist <sweetpeareader at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> 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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