[nabs-l] Reading grade 1 Braille electronically

[Mikayla Gephart]

I think the APH program is still running.

Sent from my iPad

On Jan 14, 2014, at 3:36 PM, Kaiti Shelton <crazy4clarinet104 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> There are some excellent sources of grade 1 books for children,
> including Seedlings, APH, and NBP.  I don't know if this program is
> still active, but when I was a kid my mom signed me up to receive 1
> book from APH a month.  I know I started receiving them in grade 1,
> then switched the subscription to grade 2 once I was ready for it.
> 
> Any braille notetaker or display will work.  Bookshare is a valuable
> resource when using these displays (not to mention free for students).
> Most of the bookshare books are in very high quality too.
> 
> On 1/13/14, minh ha <minh.ha927 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 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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