[nabs-l] Languages

[Ryan Silveira]

Hi Lizzie,

I’ve never formally taken any of the less common languages, but I have taught myself to speak bits and pieces of a number of languages, some of which use different braille codes as they have different alphabets.  One of the langurs I know fairly well is Greek.  It’s pretty easy to find resources to get the braille codes; the library of Congress has some books of alphabet charts in a variety of different languages.  Usually, they use similes that are somewhat similar to the English ones.  For example, in Greek, they use dot 1 for Alpha, dots 1 and 2 for Beta and dots 1, 2, 4 and 5 for Gama because those sounds approximate an A, B, and G in English.  Well, technically beta is pronounced like a V, but that’s beside the point.  Anyway, you should have no problem getting the resources you need.  I would definitely look into the library of Congress for some alphabet charts.  Hope this helps.

Ryan


On Jan 16, 2014, at 5:37 PM, Hannah Chadwick <sparklylicious at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Lizzy,
> That is fantastic! I'm a second year at UC Davis, and am currently taking
> Chinese. My college has been great at getting me materials, including the
> textbooks, PowerPoints, and any other handouts. The Chinese Pinyin is based
> on the English alphabet so I use the English braille system to do all my
> work. however, there is Chinese Braille, and I'm definitely planning on
> learning it, but I wanted to understand the language first because I think
> it would make it a lot easier. I'm using my apex to do most of my work so I
> can make sure everything is spelled correctly. As for the thousands of
> characters, NVDA can help with that. You'll have to install the software,
> change your keyboard layout from English to Chinese and you'll be able to
> type in Pinyin and select the correct characters.
> I know it might sound like a lot, but it's actually pretty cool once you get
> the hang of it. if you want more info, feel free to contact me off list at
> hchadwick at ucdavis.edu 
> Good luck in choosing the language you want!
> Best, Hannah
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of lizzy
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> 
> Hi All,
> Has anyone here taken a language that is lesser known? I really mean
> anything other than french spanish or german; I'm thinking languages like
> Chinese, Russian and Estonian.  The college that I will be attending next
> year offers some pretty cool languages that I am hoping to take advantage
> of.  Has anyone taken a language like this before? What resources did you
> use to teach yourself the braille code? Or did you go about it in a
> completely different way?
> Thanks for any help you can give me,
> Lizzy
> 
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