[nabs-l] Reading grade 1 Braille electronically

Tue Jan 14 21:00:05 UTC 2014

Thanks, all, for the responses! Yes, I'm a Bookshare user myself 
(and a huge fan of the service), but I haven't been able to 
figure out how to tell my friend to access Bookshare books in 
grade 1.  Using my BrailleNote Apex, I can get the prompts 
displayed by the BrailleNote itself in grade 1, but not the 
actual books.  Is there some setting that needs to be changed?

Again, thanks to all for the input; I will certainly pass your 
advice along to my friend!

Lucy

 ----- Original Message -----
From: Kaiti Shelton <crazy4clarinet104 at gmail.com
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Date sent: Tue, 14 Jan 2014 15:36:51 -0500
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Reading grade 1 Braille electronically

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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