[NABS-L] [nabs-l] Character-Based Language Classes

Carly Mihalakis carlymih at comcast.net
Thu Sep 6 05:11:44 UTC 2018


Evening, Emmie,

Mandarin, wow!
In High School, I studied Japanese language, even 
researched the nihongo tenji (Japanese braille) 
symbles Online for my own notes and to read a 
nihongo tenji book that was sent me from Japan.
Good luck, I think I know a person whom reads braille if you are interested?
Car
4-08-209-3239NABS-L wrote:
>I'm currently learning Mandarin Chinese with a 
>tutor. Voiceover reads Chinese correctly for the 
>most part, and it is possible to type but I 
>haven't been able to do that efficiently yet, 
>partly because I don't know enough vocabulary to 
>differentiate which is the correct character 
>when I select it. Emmie > On Sep 24, 2017, at 
>4:58 PM, Caitlin Best via NABS-L 
><nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote: > > I have been 
>taking Japanese for the last couple years. I 
>have an XL spreadsheet with the Japanese braille 
>code as well! I also have been using Jaws with a 
>Japanese voice and it works great. Most note 
>takers donft support eastern Braille codes so 
>I mainly stick with jaws. If you want to know 
>more feel free to message off list. > Cheers, > 
>Caitlin > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Sep 24, 
>2017, at 16:45, Miso Kwak via NABS-L 
><nabs-l at nfbnet.org <mailto:nabs-l at nfbnet.org>> 
>wrote: >> >> Hi Ellana, >> I know for fact that 
>both Chinese and Japanese have Braille code. >> 
>That being said, I am not sure if any of 
>popularly used braille note >> takers in the 
>U.S. support any of East Asian languages. >> I 
>imagine JAWS and NVDA are capable of reading 
>these languages. They >> are capable of reading 
>Korean, although the pronounciation is not 
>the >> best. >> If you learn how to type and how 
>to understand the screen reader I >> these 
>languages, I think you can take these classes in 
>mainstream >> setting. >> >> On another note, if 
>you want to learn Korean, feel free to message 
>me >> off list. I am a native speaker and know 
>the Korean Braille code as >> well. >> >> 
>Best, >> Miso >> >>> On 9/24/17, Ellana Crew via 
>NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote: >>> Afternoon 
>friends, >>> >>> Recently, I have been thinking 
>of taking courses at my college to learn >>> 
>Japanese or Chinese, however I am not totally 
>certain how to go about doing >>> this as a 
>blind person considering that these are 
>character-based languages. >>> I much prefer to 
>do things non-visually, however I do have a 
>certain level >>> of residual vision that I 
>could use if it came down to it. Essentially, I 
>am >>> wondering if there is anybody who has 
>taken classes for character-based >>> languages 
>that may be able to give me some pointers on how 
>to get through >>> such a class, given that the 
>class will almost certainly be teaching the >>> 
>basics of the written characters and that 
>assignments will most likely >>> contain written 
>characters fairly frequently. >>> >>> I know 
>that there are braille systems for these 
>languages, however I'm not >>> sure if that 
>would be practical considering that the 
>professor would not >>> have any knowledge of 
>the braille form, so I feel it would likely be 
>quite >>> difficult to try and learn the 
>language in braille in a class that teaches >>> 
>printed form and uses it for assignments. My 
>guess is that it would be much >>> easier to 
>learn the language first and then learn the 
>braille format, as >>> trying to learn both 
>simultaneously does not seem very practical in 
>a >>> mainstream college class. >>> >>> I also 
>know that I do have the option of attempting to 
>learn a language >>> outside of the classroom 
>setting on my own, first, in a way that may 
>be >>> somewhat more accessible, though I would 
>very much like to take advantage of >>> the 
>classes offered through my school. It may be 
>that I may need to try and >>> learn some basics 
>on my own, first, and then take the classes 
>later on to be >>> able to get the credit for 
>them. >>> >>> If there is anybody who is taking 
>classes for character-based languages, >>> 
>especially if you have specifically taken either 
>Japanese or Chinese, I >>> would really, really 
>love to hear how you made it work and what sorts 
>of >>> accommodations you used and what systems 
>you had with your professor to >>> inshore that 
>you were given the equal opportunity to really 
>learn the >>> language. This is something I have 
>wanted to do since early high school, and >>> 
>would really like to find a way to make it 
>happen. Any experiences you could >>> share with 
>me would be wonderful and feel free to email me 
>off list if you >>> would really like to start 
>some real in-depth dialogue about this. >>> >>> 
>Thank you all and have a nice afternoon! >>> >>> 
>Ellana Crew, Vice President >>> Maryland 
>Association of Blind Students >>> Website: 
>nfbmd.org/students >>> Facebook: 
>facebook.com/mdabs.federation >>> Twitter: 
>@MDABS_NFB >>> >>> The National Federation of 
>the Blind knows that blindness is not the >>> 
>characteristic that defines you or your future. 
>Every day we raise the >>> expectations of blind 
>people, because low expectations create 
>obstacles >>> between blind people and our 
>dreams. You can live the life you want; >>> 
>blindness is not what holds you back. >>> 
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>California, Los Angeles | 2017 >> Psychology 
>B.A. | Education Studies Minor | Disability 
>Studies Minor >> (909) 660-1897 >> >> 
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