<html><body><span style="font-family:Verdana; color:#000000; font-size:10pt;"><div>This is an interesting thread. I am pretty sure if you are interested in seeing the shape of the Chinese characters you could easily make them on a raised line drawing board like the Sensational BlackBoard. Full disclosure I make them but I make them because they make it so easy to share visual information. I use them in art class at the Colorado Center for the Blind. You just xerox the images you are interested in seeing on to regular copy paper and then have them traced with a Bic ballpoint pen using the board to back the paper. Hope this helps. I took Chinese in college and it was very helpful to see the characters because they are images that tell you as much about the Chinese culture as represent the word. I remember one character represents ten eyes looking at a wall and declaring it square. American culture depends on a tool, their culture seeks consensus. </div><div>If you are interested in the board there is a link below to a site with a descriptive video at <a href="http://www.SensationalBooks.com">http://www.SensationalBooks.com</a> </div><div>Ann </div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-family: andale mono,times;">Ann Cunningham</span></div><div><span style="font-family: andale mono,times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Tactile Art - a creative way to see the world!</span></em></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: andale mono,times;">303 238 4760</span></div><div><span style="font-family: andale mono,times;"><a href="mailto:ann@acunningham.com">ann@acunningham.com</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: andale mono,times;"><a href="http://www.acunningham.com">http://www.acunningham.com</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: andale mono,times;"><a href="http://www.sensationalbooks.com">http://www.sensationalbooks.com</a> </span></div><div><br><br></div>
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Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Taking a Course in Chinese<br>
From: Laurel and Stockard <<a href="mailto:laurel.stockard@gmail.com">laurel.stockard@gmail.com</a>><br>
Date: Tue, August 28, 2012 8:28 am<br>
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list<br>
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Hi all,<br>
Hanna, you know me from the NAGDU listso I will not introduce myself again. If you are using jaws, there is a realspeak solo voice that does Mandarin Chinese, and one that does Cantanese Chinese too. It is free. For the rest of you, I have noticed lots of language class related questions lately. I happen to be a foreign language major, and have alot of experience making various languages accessible. I won<br>
t go into too many details here, because I do not wanna clutter up the list with info that most people do not need. But, if any of you all would like to contact me privately, feel free. My email is <a href="mailto:laurel.stockard@gmail.com">laurel.stockard@gmail.com</a>. There is a good chance I can help you with whatever language you are learning. Lavanya, I am sorry I cannot spell your name, I do not remember how, if you email me, I can show you how to write any of the languag3es you are learning.<br>
Anyway, I have tuns of resources, so if I can help anybody, let me know.<br>
Laurel and Stockard<br>
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Sent from my iPad<br>
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On Aug 28, 2012, at 8:28 AM, Lavonya Gardner <<a href="http://hotdancer1416@gmail.com">hotdancer1416@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> I have never tried to write any of the 13 languages I am teaching myself. How the heck does that work?<br>
> <br>
> Sent from my iPad<br>
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> On Aug 28, 2012, at 0:48, "Hannah Chadwick" <<a href="http://sparklylicious@gmail.com">sparklylicious@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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>> Hello everyone,<br>
>> I've been on the list for quite a while now, but haven't introduced myself<br>
>> to those of you who joined in the last year or so. my name is Hannah<br>
>> Chadwick, and I'm attending UC Davis this fall. I'm planning on double<br>
>> majoring in international relations and linguistics with a minor in<br>
>> journalism. I love learning new languages, and will be taking a Chinese<br>
>> class. I took Spanish for 2 years in high school and I was able to use my<br>
>> BrailleNote for that, but I'm not sure that doing my Chinese work on the<br>
>> Apex will be the best idea since the alphabet will be completely different.<br>
>> Has anyone taken a Chinese course before? If so, what did you do in terms of<br>
>> writing the Chinese alphabet? Are there software out to that would read the<br>
>> language?<br>
>> Best, Hannah <br>
>> <br>
>> <br>
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